Where does “cluster” come from?

Cluster comes from Old English cluster, from Proto-Germanic klus-, of unknown ultimate origin and meaning.

cluster (English): A group or bunch of several discrete items that...

Definitions

  1. A group or bunch of several discrete items that...

Ancestry of “cluster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcluster
2Old Englishcluster
3Proto-Germanicklus-

Words derived from “cluster

Every word from Proto-Germanic klus-