Word Origin Summary

Cler is attested in Middle French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. clārusLatininherited from
2. clerOld Frenchinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• clair

  French · inherited from

• klara

  IDO · derived from

• clar

  Romanian · borrowed from

• clairaudience

  English · borrowed from

• clairaudient

  English · borrowed from

• klara

  Esperanto · derived from

• clairgustance

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root