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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kleh₂u-“key, hook, nail”
2. Latin · derived frominclūdō
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*inclaudō, *inclaudere
4. Old French · derived fromenclose
5. Middle English · derived fromenclos
6. Middle English · inherited fromenclosen
7. English todayenclose

From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudō, *inclaudere, from Latin inclūdō (doublet of include), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Equivalent to en- + close.

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