Proto-Indo-European
*kleh₂w-
‘key, hook, nail’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.
51 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-, most familiar first.
- close ← closen ← clusen ← clȳsan ← *klūsijan
- include ← includen ← inclūdere ← claudere
- exclusive ← exclūsīvus ← excludere ← claudō ← *klaudō
- closet ← clos ← clausum ← clausus ← claudō
- closure ← clausura ← claudō ← *klaudō
- inclusion ← inclūsiō ← inclūdō ← claudō ← *klaudō
- clause ← clausa ← clausus ← claudō ← *klaudō
- inclusive ← inclusif ← inclūsīvus ← inclūsus ← inclūdō
- conclude ← concluden ← conclūdō ← claudō ← *klaudō
- disclose ← disclosen ← desclos ← desclore ← disclaudere
- exclude ← exclūdō ← claudō ← *klaudō
- preclude ← praeclūdere ← claudō ← *klaudō
More words from *kleh₂w-
- cataract
- recluse
- conclave
- enclose
- cloister
- occlusion
- sluice
- inclusiveness
- claustrophobia
- cloture
- subclavian
- inclusively
- cloisonne
- seclude
- cloisonné
- eclosion
- preclusion
- clafoutis
- inclusivism
- clausula
- aquiclude
- claustration
- claustrophobe
- claustrophilia
- clausure
- cloison
- clausular
- disclude
- disclusion
- inclusivist
- includence
- noninclusive
- overinclusive
- reclude
- seclusive
- subclavius
- superinclusive
- ultrainclusive
- uninclusive
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-