Etymology

includence

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Today it means: The withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia. Full definition →

German Inkludenz ← Latin inclūdō
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  1. Latin · derived frominclūdō“confine, imprison”
  2. German · borrowed fromInkludenz
  3. English todayincludence

From German Inkludenz, a 1960s neologism coined by Hubertus Tellenbach, derived from Latin inclūdō (“confine, imprison”).

Words from the same roots

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