Where does “clutterless” come from?
clutterless (English) comes from English clutter, from English clot, from Middle English clot, from Old English clott, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.
clutterless (English): Without clutter
Definitions
- Without clutter
Ancestry of “clutterless”, step by step
clutterless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clutter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clutter | A confused disordered jumble of things;... |
| 2 | English | clot | A thrombus, solidified mass of blood; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | clot | A clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the... |
| 4 | Old English | clott | round mass, lump |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klūtaz | lump, clod; boulder, rock; hill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gelewdos | — |
| 7 | Indo-European | *gel- | — |