Where does “ecluză” come from?
ecluză (Romanian) comes from French écluser, from French écluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo — close.
ecluză (Romanian): sluice gate, canal lock
Definitions
- sluice gate, canal lock
Ancestry of “ecluză”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | écluser | to pass through a lock; to drink; to booze |
| 2 | French | écluse | sluice, lock; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 4 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 5 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 6 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 7 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 8 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |