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ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary Builder Word parts Rootsclud/clus

RootLatin

clud/clus

close; shut

Spelled clud, clus · claudere 'close, shut'; compound forms -cludere and -clusus

Latin claudere shuts a door: include shuts in, exclude shuts out, and a recluse lives shut away.

Words built from it

conclude — Bring to an end or reach a judgment.
con- (together) + clud (shut)
include — Contain or count as part of a whole.
in- (in) + clud (shut)
exclude — Keep someone or something out.
ex- (out) + clud (shut)
seclude — Keep apart from other people or activity.
se- (apart) + clud (shut)
recluse — A person who lives apart from others.
re- (back) + clus (shut)
occlude — Block or close an opening.
oc- (against; form of ob-) + clud (shut)
preclude — Prevent something or make it impossible.
pre- (before) + clud (shut)

Looks like it, but is not

cluster — From Old English clyster, meaning a bunch. Its clus letters do not come from Latin claudere.

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Related word parts

pre — before, in front of