clusivity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der.

Proto-Italic *klaudō

Latin claudō

Latin inclūdō

Latin inclūsus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder.

Middle French inclusifder.

English inclusive

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English inclusivitybf.

English exclusive

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English -ity

English exclusivitybf.

English clusivity

Back-formation from inclusivity and exclusivity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kluːˈsɪvɪti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

clusivity (uncountable)

1. (linguistic morphology) The distinction between the exclusive first-person plural pronoun ("we, excluding you") and the inclusive first-person plural pronoun ("we, including you") in some languages.

Related terms

• clusive