clan

English

/klæn/

noun
Definitions
  • (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  • A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  • Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
  • (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  • A badger colony.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish clann (children of the family, offspring, children) borrowed from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic clann (race, progeny) derived from Old Irish cland (children, family, offspring) derived from Old Welsh plant (children) derived from Latin planta (shoot, sole of the foot, sprout, offspring, twig, plant, cutting, a shoot, a young tree n-g, a sprout).

Origin

Latin

planta

Gloss

shoot, sole of the foot, sprout, offspring, twig, plant, cutting, a shoot, a young tree n-g, a sprout

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

植

Emoji
💉 🥃 🌠

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