myEtymology.com: English etymology of clansman

Etymology of the English word clansman

the English word clansman

derived from the English word clan

derived from the Scottish Gaelic word clann

derived from the Old Irish word cland

derived from the Classical Latin word planta (sole of the foot; side of foot; cutting, heel, young shoot detached for propagation)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plat-

using the English suffix -man

derived from the English word 's