Etymology

clote

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Today it means: The common burdock; the clotbur. Full definition →

Middle English clote ← Old English clāte ← Proto-West Germanic *klaitā
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*klaitā
  2. Old English · inherited fromclāte
  3. Middle English · inherited fromclote
  4. English todayclote

From Middle English clote, from Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishclāte all →

Clatworthy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.