Where does “cluster” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cluster”, step by step

cluster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic klus-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklus-

via Proto-Germanic klas-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklas-to clump, lump together

Words derived from “cluster

Every word from Proto-Germanic klus-
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