Proto-Italic

*klaudō

‘to close’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *klaudō.

44 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *klaudō, most familiar first.

• close ← closen ← clusen ← clȳsan ← *klūsijan
• exclusive ← exclūsīvus ← excludere ← claudō
• closet ← clos ← clausum ← clausus ← claudō
• closure ← clausura ← claudō
• inclusion ← inclūsiō ← inclūdō ← claudō
• clause ← clausa ← clausus ← claudō
• inclusive ← inclusif ← inclūsīvus ← inclūsus ← inclūdō
• conclude ← concluden ← conclūdō ← claudō
• disclose ← disclosen ← desclos ← desclore ← disclaudere
• exclude ← exclūdō ← claudō
• preclude ← praeclūdere ← claudō
• recluse ← reclus ← reclūdere ← claudō

More words from *klaudō

• enclose
• cloister
• occlusion
• sluice
• inclusiveness
• claustrophobia
• cloture
• inclusively
• cloisonne
• seclude
• eclosion
• preclusion
• inclusivism
• clausula
• aquiclude
• claustration
• claustrophobe
• claustrophilia
• clausure
• cloison
• clausular
• disclude
• disclusion
• inclusivist
• includence
• noninclusive
• overinclusive
• reclude
• seclusive
• superinclusive
• ultrainclusive
• uninclusive

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *klaudō