Etymology

CLOS

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

French Clos ← Dutch Claeys ← German Kloss
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The story

  1. Catalan · borrowed fromClos
  2. German · derived fromKloss
  3. Dutch · derived fromClaeys
  4. French · borrowed fromClos
  5. English todayClos

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Clos, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure. * Respelling of either Dutch Claeys or German Kloss. * Borrowed from Catalan Clos.

Words from the same roots

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