cloy

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1. Latin · derived fromclāvus
2. Late Latin · derived fromclāvāre
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*inclāvāre
4. Old French · derived fromenclouer
5. Middle English · inherited fromacloyen
6. English todaycloy

From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.

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