include

Where does the word "include" come from? It comes from Latin includere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Include’s story begins in Latin: includere meant “to close in, to shut in.” To close in, to shut in, from in- (in) and claudere (to close). It reached English by 1400s as include. Settled as the English word for containing something as part of a whole. Today, include means to contain something as a part of a whole, or to add it to a group.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient includere "to close in, to shut in", to close in, to shut in, from in- (in) and claudere (to close).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s include "to contain something as part of a whole", settled as the English word for containing something as part of a whole.