英语词汇klutz的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	klutz
词源	klutz n. 1967, American English, from Yiddish klots "clumsy person, blockhead," literally "block, lump," from Middle High German klotz "lump, ball." Compare German klotz "boor, clod," literally "wooden block" (see clot (n.)). Entries linking to klutz clot n. Old English clott "a round mass, lump," from Proto-Germanic *klutto- (source also of Dutch kloot "ball," Danish klods "a block, lump," German Klotz "lump, block"); probably related to or confused with cleat and clod (q.v.). Of blood from 1610s, klutzy adj. 1965, from klutz + -y (2). Related: Klutziness. updated on March 21, 2016
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