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- Latin · derived fromclaustrum“a shut-in place”
- English todayclaustrophobe
From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobe.
Words from the same roots
Latinclaustrum all →
cloisterclaustrophobiaclaustralclaustrophiliaclaustrophiliacclaustrophilicclaustrum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.