Where does “club” come from?

Club comes from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel-.

club (English): An association of members joining together for...

Definitions

  1. An association of members joining together for...

Ancestry of “club”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishclubbeAn club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile
2Old Norseklubbacudgel
3Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “club”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glemb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klumpô →
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