English
raincloudraincloud
From rain + cloud.
A compound of rain + cloud
Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’
Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’
Old English reġn ‘rain’
Middle English reyn
English rain
Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to ball up’
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Proto-Germanic *klūtaz ‘lump’
Proto-West Germanic *klūt ‘lump, mass’
Old English clūd ‘mass of stone’
Middle English cloud ‘a cloud’
English cloud
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “raincloud”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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