clothen
Middle English
/ˈklɔːðən/
verb
Definitions
- To use clothing:
- To hide or make undiscoverable:
- (reflexive) To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity.
- (ambitransitive) To decorate or ornament.
- (rare) To be furnished with clothing.
- (rare) To use or utilise.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English clāþian (clothe) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (clothe) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (stick together, stick, glue, spread, smear, paste, smudge, adhere to) affix from Middle English cloth.
Origin
Middle English
cloth
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beclothe English
- cloth English
- clothe English
- clothed English
- clothest English
- clotheth English
- clothing English
- enclothe English
- overclothe English
- reclothe English
- unclothe English
- underclothe English
- glutus Latin
- γλία Ancient Greek
- γλίνη Ancient Greek
- γλίσχρος Ancient Greek
- γλοιός Ancient Greek
- *gley- Proto-Indo-European
- *klainiz Proto-Germanic
- *klaiþōną Proto-Germanic
- *klajjaz Proto-Germanic
- *kleinijan- Proto-Germanic
- *kli- Proto-Germanic
- *klibaną Proto-Germanic
- clāþ Old English
- clāþian Old English
- bordcloth Middle English
- cloth Middle English
- clother Middle English
- clothing Middle English
- clothles Middle English
- kleiden Middle High German