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Closet

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a small enclosed space used for storage, especially of clothing
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Stage 1 of 2
clos
Old French · medieval
"an enclosed space"
an enclosed space, from Latin claudere (to close)
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Stage 2 of 2
closet
English · 1300s
"a small enclosed storage space or private room"
settled as the English word for a small enclosed private room or storage space
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