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
- sluice
Ancestry of “escluse”, step by step
escluse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin exclūsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 2 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 3 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 4 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 5 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via Late Latin exclusa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | exclusa | extrusion, gate; nominative feminine singular of... |