English
disclose
Disclose comes from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin claudō ‘to close, shut’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘key, hook, nail’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘key, hook, nail’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudōas claudere‘to close, shut’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEdisclaudere
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400desclore
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600desclos
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500disclosen
- Englishearliest quotation 1627disclose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘key, hook, nail’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudōas claudere‘to close, shut’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEdisclaudere
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400desclore
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600desclos
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500disclosen
- Englishearliest quotation 1627disclose
Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘key, hook, nail’
include, cataract, conclave, subclavian, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
through Latin claudō ‘to close, shut’
exclusive, conclusion, inclusion, inclusive, conclude, exclude, clause, closure, closet, preclude, sluice, occlusion, recluse, claustrophobia, cloister, enclose, cloture, 29 more
Today it means
verb To open up; unfasten.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / disclose