disclose

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdis-
2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromdisclaudere
3. Old French · derived fromdesclore
4. Middle French · derived fromdesclos
5. Middle English · inherited fromdisclosen
6. English todaydisclose

From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.

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