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Where does “cluster” come from?

cluster (Middle English) comes from Old English cluster, from Proto-Germanic klus-.

Ancestry of “cluster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcluster—
2Proto-Germanicklus-—

Words derived from “cluster”

  • cluster
  • intercluster
  • intracluster
  • nanocluster
  • bicluster
  • subcluster
  • clusterin
  • supercluster
  • clusterfuck
  • clusterization
  • multicluster
  • protocluster
  • recluster
  • clusterable
  • clustery
  • clusterisation
  • clusterlike
  • microcluster
  • metallocluster
  • clusterability
  • minicluster
  • unclustering
  • clustereth
  • nonclusterable
Every word from Proto-Germanic klus- →