Etymology

inclusivity

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Today it means: The quality of being inclusive; inclusiveness. Full definition →

English inclusive ← Middle French inclusif ← Medieval Latin inclūsīvus
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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. Latininclūsus
  10. Medieval Latininclūsīvus
  11. Middle Frenchinclusif
  12. Englishinclusive
  13. English todayinclusivity

From inclusive + -ity, modeled after exclusivity, 1920s, but in more common usage only since the late 1980s.

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