Etymology

clusivity

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Today it means: The distinction between the exclusive first-person plural pronoun ("we, excluding you") and the inclusive first-person plural pronoun ("we, including you") in some languages. Full definition →

English exclusivitybf. ← Middle French inclusif ← Medieval Latin inclūsīvus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kleh₂w-
  6. Proto-Italic*klaudō
  7. Latinclaudō
  8. Latininclūdō
  9. Latininclūsus
  10. Medieval Latininclūsīvus
  11. Middle Frenchinclusif
  12. Englishinclusive
  13. Englishinclusivitybf.
  14. Englishexclusive
  15. Englishexclusivitybf.
  16. English todayclusivity

Back-formation from inclusivity and exclusivity.

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