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Where does the word "seclude" come from? It comes from Latin secludere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "seclude" come from? It comes from Latin secludere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Seclude’s story begins in Latin: secludere meant “to shut off, to close apart.” To close apart, to shut off, from se- (apart) and claudere (to close). It reached English by 1400s as seclude. Settled as the English word for keeping someone away from others. Today, seclude means to keep someone or something isolated or away from others.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient secludere "to shut off, to close apart", to close apart, to shut off, from se- (apart) and claudere (to close).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s seclude "to keep someone or something away from others", settled as the English word for keeping someone away from others.