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Stage 1 of 3
claudere
Latin · ancient
"to close, to shut"
to close, to shut, with irregular past participle clausus
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Stage 2 of 3
clore
Old French · medieval
"the act of shutting something"
carried into French for the act of shutting something
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Stage 3 of 3
closure
English · 1300s
"the act of closing something, or a sense of resolution"
formed with the English suffix -ure for the act of closing something, or a sense of resolution
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