Where does “clutchplate” come from?
clutchplate (English) comes from English clutch, from English cletch, from Middle English cleken, from Middle English clechen, from Old English clēċan, from Old English clyċċan, from Proto-Germanic klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic klu- — to swallow; swallow.
clutchplate (English): One of the plates in a clutch
Definitions
- One of the plates in a clutch
Ancestry of “clutchplate”, step by step
clutchplate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clutch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clutch | To seize, as though with claws; To grip or grasp... |
| 2 | English | cletch | — |
| 3 | Middle English | cleken | to seize, clutch; to hatch |
| 4 | Middle English | clechen | to grab |
| 5 | Old English | clēċan | — |
| 6 | Old English | clyċċan | to clutch, clench |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klukjaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | klu- | to ball up, conglomerate, amass |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | glew- | Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via English plate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plate | A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which... |
| 2 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |