Etymology

exclave

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Today it means: A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part. Full definition →

English (en)clave ← Middle English ex- ← Middle French ex-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinex
  4. Latinex-
  5. Middle Frenchex-
  6. Middle Englishex-
  7. Englishex-
  8. English(en)clave
  9. English todayexclave

From ex- + (en)clave.

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