The story
- Middle French · derived fromparclose“end, enclosure”
- Old French · derived fromparclos
- Middle English · inherited fromparclose
- English todayparclose
From Middle English parclose, perclose, from Old French parclos, perclose and others, Middle French parclose (“end, enclosure”), noun use of past participle of parclore (“to enclose”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.