English
inclusiveness
Inclusiveness comes from Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’, from claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘to close something’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō‘to shut up, close, lock’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdō‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsus‘confined, enclosed’
- Medieval Latinmoderninclūsīvus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusif
- English1500–presentinclusive
- Englishtodayinclusiveness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘to close something’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō‘to shut up, close, lock’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdō‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsus‘confined, enclosed’
- Medieval Latinmoderninclūsīvus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusif
- English1500–presentinclusive
- Englishtodayinclusiveness
A compound of inclusive + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’
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Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’
Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’
Medieval Latin inclūsīvus
Middle French inclusif
English inclusive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’
cataract, conclave, subclavian, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
through Latin claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’
close, closure, exclusive, conclusion, clause, conclude, exclude, preclude, cloister, recluse, sluice, claustrophobia, occlusion, cloture, 31 more
through Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’
Today it means
noun The property of being inclusive; inclusivity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / inclusiveness