English
interclose
From inter- + close.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘key, hook, nail’
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Proto-West Germanic *klūsijan ‘to enclose’
Old English clȳsan ‘to close, shut’
Middle English clusen ‘to close’
Middle English closen ‘to close, enclose’
English close
Today it means
verb To shut in; to enclose.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interclose