Morpheme
Clause
Type
free base
Denotation
shut, confine
Etymology
Middle English clause, claus; Old French clause; Medieval Latin clausa; Latin clausus, from claudere
Evidence
clausal, clause, subclause
Doublet
Close
See Also
Close, Cloist(e)r [Cloister, Cloistr], Claustr, Clude, Cluse, Cleis, Cleist