Disclose
/dɪsˈkloʊz/noun
To reveal or make known something previously hidden.
Did you know?Disclose comes from Old French and Latin roots meaning “to uncover” or “remove the covering,” showing how language itself can frame truth as something physically sealed away.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
LL
discludere
“to shut apart, exclude, or separate”
Old French
OF
desclore
“to unclose, open, reveal”
Middle English
ME
disclosen
“to open up, reveal, make known”
15th Century
English
disclose
“to uncover or reveal something hidden”
Modern English
English
disclose
“to reveal or make known something previously hidden”