Old English

clāþ

‘cloth, clothes, covering, sail’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Old English clāþ.

6 English words in this record descend from Old English clāþ, most familiar first.

• clothes
• cloth
• clad ← clad(d) ← clothen ← *clāþian
• clothier ← clothyer ← clother ← cloth
• claes ← clathes ← clāþas
• clothless ← clothles ← cloth

Etymograph / Old English clāþ