Etymology of the French word écluse
the French word
éclusederived from the Latin word
exclusa (sluice)
derived from the Classical Latin word
excludere (shut out, shut off; remove)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
claudere (close, shut, block up; limp, stumble, falter)
derived from the Latin word
cludere (close, shut, block up; limp, halt; be weak)
Date
The earliest known usage of écluse in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
éclusée,
écluser,
éclusierDerivations in other languages
Portuguese
eclusaCognates
Dutch
sluis, English
sluice, German
Schleuse, Norwegian
sluse, Swedish
sluss
