Where does “clutterous” come from?
clutterous (English) comes from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz — to grow, nourish.
clutterous (English): Characterised or marked by clutter; cluttersome
Definitions
- Characterised or marked by clutter; cluttersome
Ancestry of “clutterous”, step by step
clutterous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
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- | — |