English
exclude
Exclude comes from Latin exclūdō ‘to except, exclude’, from claudō ‘close’, 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 CEclaudō‘close’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexclūdō‘to except, exclude’
- Englishearliest quotation 1669exclude
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 CEclaudō‘close’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexclūdō‘to except, exclude’
- Englishearliest quotation 1669exclude
Earliest quotation: 1669, John Baptiſta Porta, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […]: “[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘key, hook, nail’
include, cataract, conclave, subclavian, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
closet, disclose, enclose, inclusiveness, 27 more
through Latin claudō ‘close’
close, conclusion, closure, clause, inclusion, inclusive, conclude, cloister, recluse, claustrophobia, occlusion, preclude, cloture, 32 more
through Latin exclūdō ‘to except, exclude’
Today it means
verb To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / exclude