Etymograph

English

inclusivist

Inclusivist comes from Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’, from claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘to close something’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō‘to shut up, close, lock’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdō‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsus‘confined, enclosed’
  6. Medieval Latinmoderninclūsīvus
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusif
  8. English1500–presentinclusive
  9. Englishtodayinclusivist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘to close something’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō‘to shut up, close, lock’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūdō‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclūsus‘confined, enclosed’
  6. Medieval Latinmoderninclūsīvus
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inclusif
  8. English1500–presentinclusive
  9. Englishtodayinclusivist

A compound of inclusive + -ist

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’

closet, disclose, 28 more

through Latin claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’

close, closure, exclusive, conclusion, clause, exclude, conclude, preclude, recluse, sluice, cloister, claustrophobia, occlusion, cloture, 31 more

through Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’

enclose, 11 more

Today it means

noun A proponent of inclusivism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / inclusivist