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Where does “enclose” come from?

enclose (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin inclaudo, from Latin inclūdō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “enclose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latininclaudo—
2Latininclūdō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enclose”

  • enclose
  • encloser
  • encloseth
  • enclosable
  • enclosest
  • disenclose
  • enclos
  • enclosen
  • inclosen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →