recluso

/reˈkluso/ · B2 · adj

prisoner

⛓️🔒 re- (back) + cluso (closed, from claudere) = shut back away

Recluso comes from Latin reclusus, from recludere, built on claudere, to close or shut. A recluso is someone shut away, locked up. English recluse and cloister share the same root.

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