English
Vaucluse
Vaucluse comes from French Vaucluse, from Latin Vallis Clausa ‘closed valley’, and ultimately from vallis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallis‘a valley, vale’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEVallis Clausa‘closed valley’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentVaucluse
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallis‘a valley, vale’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEVallis Clausa‘closed valley’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentVaucluse
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, roll’
well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, involve, evolution, valve, evolve, revolt, vulgar, vault, waltz, helix, divulge, convoluted, vagrant, voluminous, vulva, vulgate, iliac, convolution, ilium, gauche, involution, valvular, voluble, valise, 76 more
through Proto-Germanic *waluz ‘staff, stick’
through Latin vallis ‘a valley, vale’
Today it means
name A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Avignon (INSEE code 84).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vallis / Vaucluse