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clan

UK/klan/ US/klæn/ common

noun

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Origin

Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.

Phrases

  • clan control
  • clan endogamy
  • clan lab
  • clan mate
  • Ku Klux Klan

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