claustrum

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • (rare) a bar, band, bolt
  • gate, door, bulwark
  • enclosure (confined space)
  • cloister (especially in plural)
  • (Medieval Latin) portion of monastery closed off to laity
  • (New Latin) claustrum thin lamina of grey matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the human brain

Etymology

Suffix from Latin claudo (enclose, close) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- (key, nail, hook), *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kleh₂w-

Gloss

hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook

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