myEtymology.com: French etymology of reclure

Etymology of the French word reclure

the Old French word reclure

derived from the Late Latin word recludere (open; open up, lay open)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word claudere (close, shut, block up; limp, stumble, falter)

Italian richiudere, Spanish recluir

Word found in Old French