2006-06-24 05:29:32 · 4 answers · asked by Jot 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"close" (verb) and "closet" are related thus:
"close" goes back to the Latin verb "claudere" (to close)
"closet" goes back to the Latin noun form "clausum" ("enclosure") based on the same verb.
Both forms come to English through Old French. That's where the "-et" came from. It is a French "dimunitive" (meaning "small"). -et is the masculine form of the ending; more recent forms from French usually take the feminine form of this ending ("-ette") .
Thus the original sense of "closet" would be "SMALL enclosed place"
2006-06-24 09:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It actually comes from Latin, clausum, meaning a closed space. Here is a little more information about the etymology of the word "closet".
2006-06-24 13:51:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a mix between close and it maknig closet
2006-06-24 12:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it closes.
2006-06-24 17:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by Maus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋