Cloist(e)r

Morpheme

Cloist(e)r

Type

free base

Denotation

shut, confine

Etymology

Old French cloistre; Medieval Latin claustrum; Latin claustrum (plural claustra), past participle stem of claudere

Evidence

cloister, cloistered, cloistral, uncloistered

See Also

Close, Clause, Claustr, Clude, Cluse, Cleist