Etymology

hortus conclusus

Today it means: An enclosed private garden, in medieval times usually divided into quadrants by four paths, with a well or fountain in the centre. Full definition →

Latin hortus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromconclusus“shut up, confined, restricted, enclosed”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromhortus“garden”
  3. English todayhortus conclusus

Borrowed from Latin hortus (“garden”) and Latin conclusus (“shut up, confined, restricted, enclosed”).

Words from the same roots

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