Etymology

inclusion

I1N1C3L1U1S1I1O1N1

Today it means: An addition or annex to a group, set, or total. Full definition →

Latin inclūsiō ← Proto-Italic *klaudō ← Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kleh₂w-
  6. Proto-Italic*klaudō
  7. Latinclaudō
  8. Latininclūdō
  9. Latininclūsiō
  10. English todayinclusion

Borrowed from Latin inclūsiō, inclūsiōnis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include + -sion. Doublet of enclosure.

Words from the same roots

Latininclūdō all →

encloseincludence

Proto-Indo-European*kleh₂w- all →

includecloseconclave

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.