English
interclude
Interclude comes from Latin interclūdō ‘to shut out or off’, from Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’, 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 CEinterclūdō‘to shut out or off’
- Englishearliest quotation 1682interclude
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 CEinterclūdō‘to shut out or off’
- Englishearliest quotation 1682interclude
Earliest quotation: 1682, Robert Boyle, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air: “[W]hen the receiver FF is emptied of air, the…”
A compound of interclūdō ‘to shut out or off’ + claudō ‘to shut’
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘a hook, crook, peg’
Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
Latin claudō ‘to shut up, close, lock’
Latin interclūdō ‘to shut out or off’
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘key, hook, nail’
Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
Latin claudō ‘to shut’
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-
Today it means
verb To cut off or shut off (something) from a course or place, by something intervening; to intercept, to interrupt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / interclude