Etymograph

English

inclusively

Inclusively comes from Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’, from claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-1‘to close something’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō1‘to close’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō1‘to shut up, close, lock’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdō1‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsus1‘confined, enclosed’
  6. Medieval Latinmoderninclūsīvus1
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusif1
  8. English1500–presentinclusive1
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2015inclusively1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English inclusively
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, William Henry Lewis: “Huffing and puffing on arrival, he immediately emphasized that…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-Wiktionary, English inclusively‘to close something’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudōWiktionary, English inclusively‘to close’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudōWiktionary, English inclusively‘to shut up, close, lock’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdōWiktionary, English inclusively‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsusWiktionary, English inclusively‘confined, enclosed’
  6. Medieval LatinmoderninclūsīvusWiktionary, English inclusively
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusifWiktionary, English inclusively
  8. English1500–presentinclusiveWiktionary, English inclusively
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2015inclusivelyWiktionary, English inclusively. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, William Henry Lewis: “Huffing and puffing on arrival, he immediately emphasized that…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’

cataract, conclave, subclavian, 30 more

through Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’

closet, disclose, 27 more

through Latin claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’

close, closure, exclusive, conclusion, clause, exclude, conclude, preclude, cloister, recluse, sluice, claustrophobia, occlusion, cloture, 30 more

through Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’

enclose, 11 more

Today it means

adv In an inclusive fashion.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “inclusively”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / inclusively

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