Etymology

clot

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Today it means: A thrombus, solidified mass of blood. Full definition →

Middle English clot ← Old English clott ← Proto-West Germanic *klott
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kluttaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*klott
  4. Old Englishclott
  5. Middle Englishclot
  6. English todayclot

From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishclott all →

clowder

Proto-West Germanic*klott all →

clod

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