Where does “clubhouse” come from?
Clubhouse derives from English club combined with English house, where club comes from Middle English clubbe, ultimately tracing through Proto-Germanic hūsą and Proto-Indo-European roots.
clubhouse (English): Any building used by a club for meetings or...
Definitions
- Any building used by a club for meetings or...
Ancestry of “clubhouse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | club | An association of members joining together for... |
| 2 | Middle English | clubbe | An club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile |
| 3 | Old Norse | klubba | cudgel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klumpô | clasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | glemb- | log, block |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |