English
subclosuresubclosure
From sub- + closure.
Formed from sub- + closure
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘key, hook, nail’
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Latin claudō ‘to close’
Late Latin clausura ‘lock, bar, bolt’
Old French closure
Middle English closure
English closure
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subclosure”. 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.
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