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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
1EnglishclusterfuckA chaotic situation where everything seems to go...
2EnglishfuckTo have sexual intercourse, to copulate; To have...
3Middle Englishfukkento fuck; to beat, strike
4Old Norsefukka—
5Proto-Germanicfukkōnąto blow, gust; to strike, assail; to copulate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab

Words derived from “cluster”

  • intercluster
  • intracluster
  • nanocluster
  • bicluster
  • subcluster
  • clusterin
  • supercluster
  • clusterfuck
  • clusterization
  • multicluster
  • protocluster
  • recluster
  • clusterable
  • clustery
  • clusterisation
  • clusterlike
  • microcluster
  • metallocluster
  • clusterability
  • minicluster
  • unclustering
  • clustereth
  • nonclusterable
  • dicluster
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