Occlude
/əˈkluːd/noun
To block or close up so that passage is prevented.
Did you know?Occlude comes from Latin occludere, a compound built from ob- (“against”) + claudere (“to shut”), the same root that gave English words tied to closure, confinement, and locking things away.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kleu- / *klau-
“to shut, close”
Latin
Latin
claudere
“to shut, close”
Latin
Latin
occludere
“to shut against, close up”
Late Middle English
English
occlūden
“to block or close off”
Modern English
English
occlude
“to block or obstruct passage”