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Where does the word "exclude" come from? It comes from Latin excludere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "exclude" come from? It comes from Latin excludere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Exclude’s story begins in Latin: excludere meant “to close out, to shut out.” To close out, to shut out, from ex- (out) and claudere (to close). It reached English by 1400s as exclude. Settled as the English word for keeping someone or something out. Today, exclude means to deliberately keep someone or something out or from participating.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient excludere "to close out, to shut out", to close out, to shut out, from ex- (out) and claudere (to close).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s exclude "to keep someone or something out or apart", settled as the English word for keeping someone or something out.