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Where does “clot” come from?

clot (Middle English) comes from Old English clott, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

clot (Middle English): A clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the...

Definitions

  1. A clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the...

Ancestry of “clot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishclottround mass, lump
2Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
3Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
4Indo-European*gel-—

Words derived from “clot”

  • cloud
  • clutter
  • clot
  • clod
  • thundercloud
  • cloudburst
  • cloudland
  • cloudlike
  • becloud
  • clodhopper
  • cloudlet
  • cloddy
  • overcloud
  • cloudberry
  • decluttering
  • cloddish
  • declutter
  • stormcloud
  • dustcloud
  • cloudscape
  • raincloud
  • unclutter
  • clodpole
  • uncloud
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