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Where does “cluttersome” come from?

cluttersome (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-.

cluttersome (English): Characterised or marked by clutter

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by clutter

Ancestry of “cluttersome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclutterA confused disordered jumble of things;...
2EnglishclotA thrombus, solidified mass of blood; A...
3Middle EnglishclotA clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the...
4Old Englishclottround mass, lump
5Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
6Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
7Indo-European*gel-—
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →