What English word come from the Latin word claudere?

Answer 1

The English equivalent of the Latin verb 'claudere' is 'to close' or 'to shut'. But the verb also may mean 'to close up a passage or place' or 'to make inaccessible'. Additionally, it may mean 'to bring to an end' or 'to conclude'. And it may mean 'to shut in or up', in the sense of confining, enclosing, or even hiding.

Answer 2

The Latin verb 'claudere' means 'to close' or 'to shut'. It may go on to mean 'to close up a passage or place', 'to conclude or bring to an end', 'to make inaccessible', or 'to shut in or up'. Direct English derivatives of the Latin verb include the words clausal, which means 'relating to or of the nature of a clause'; clause, which means 'a distinct article or proviso in a legal document, agreement or treaty' or 'a part of a sentence having a subject and predicate of its own'; and the verb close come directly from the verb. Additionally, the words claustral, which means 'of or like a cloister', comes from 'claustralis', and claustrophobia, which means a 'fear of being in confined spaces', and cloister, as a place of 'religious seclusion' come from 'claustrum'. Latin derivatives of the verb 'claudere' include the words 'claustralia', which means 'of or relating to a closed space'; and 'claustrum', which means a 'barricade, dam, or fortress'; 'a bolt or bar'; 'an enclosure, prison, den'; or 'means of closing or shutting in'.

Answer 3

The word 'claudere' is a verb in its infinitive form. It may mean to close, to shut, to stop. It also may mean 'to make inaccessible, to conclude, to bring to an end'.

Answer 4

Latin claudere means "to close," and its past participle clausus "closed" is the ultimate source of our word "close" (via French clos).

Answer 5

Cludere is a rare alternative form of claudere, meaning to shut, to close, to finish, to surround or to besiege.

Answer 6

claudere, clausi, clausus means to close

Answer 7

Claudere - to close.