The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kleh₂u-“key, hook, nail”
- Latin · derived frominclūdere, inclūdō
- Old French · derived fromenclosure
- Middle English · inherited fromenclosure
- English todayenclosure
From Middle English enclosure, from Old French enclosure, from enclore, from Latin inclūdere, inclūdō, from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Alike to inclusion. By surface analysis, enclose + -ure.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*kleh₂u- all →
conclusionenclose
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.