myEtymology.com: English etymology of cloyed

Etymology of the English word cloyed

the English word cloyed

derived from the English word cloy

derived from the Obsolete English word accloy

derived from the Old French word encloer

derived from the Latin word inclavare

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Medieval Latin word clavis (door-key; bar, key for turning a press)