Where does “forclore” come from?

forclore (Old French) comes from Old French clore, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

forclore (Old French): to exclude

Definitions

  1. to exclude

Ancestry of “forclore”, step by step

forclore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French clore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcloreto close; to enclose
2Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
3LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
4Proto-Italicklaudōclose

via Old French for

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfor—
Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudo →Every word from Latin claudere →