closure

The story

1. Latin · derived fromclaudere“to close”
2. Late Latin · derived fromclausura
3. Old French · derived fromclosure
4. Middle English · inherited fromclosure
5. English todayclosure

From Middle English closure, from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin claudere (“to close”); see clausure and cloture (etymological doublets) and close.

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