English
uninclusive
Uninclusive comes from Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’, from claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-1‘to close something’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō1‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō1‘to shut up, close, lock’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdō1‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsus1‘confined, enclosed’
- Medieval Latinmoderninclūsīvus1
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusif1
- English1500–presentinclusive1
- Englishtodayuninclusive1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English uninclusive
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-Wiktionary, English uninclusive‘to close something’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudōWiktionary, English uninclusive‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudōWiktionary, English uninclusive‘to shut up, close, lock’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdōWiktionary, English uninclusive‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsusWiktionary, English uninclusive‘confined, enclosed’
- Medieval LatinmoderninclūsīvusWiktionary, English uninclusive
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusifWiktionary, English uninclusive
- English1500–presentinclusiveWiktionary, English uninclusive
- EnglishtodayuninclusiveWiktionary, English uninclusive
Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ‘not, un-’
Proto-Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’
Proto-West Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’
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Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’
Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’
Medieval Latin inclūsīvus
Middle French inclusif
English inclusive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’
include, cataract, conclave, subclavian, 27 more
through Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
through Latin claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’
close, closure, exclusive, conclusion, clause, exclude, conclude, preclude, cloister, recluse, sluice, claustrophobia, occlusion, cloture, 28 more
through Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’
through English inclusive
Today it means
adj Not inclusive.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “uninclusive”. 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- / uninclusive