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Where does “escluse” come from?

escluse (Old French) comes from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

escluse (Old French): sluice

Definitions

  1. sluice

Ancestry of “escluse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexclūsa—
2Latinexclūsus—
3Latinexclūdō—
4Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
5LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
6Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “escluse”

  • шлюз
  • écluse
  • écluser
  • Schleuse
  • sluizen
  • druksluis
  • sluis
  • luchtsluis
  • sluise
  • slūse
  • şlüz
Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →