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Club

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a heavy stick used as a weapon, or an association of people with a shared interest
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Stage 1 of 2
klubba
Old Norse · medieval
"a heavy stick, cudgel"
a heavy stick or cudgel used as a weapon
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Stage 2 of 2
club
English · 1200s
"a heavy stick, or a group of people with shared interests"
broadened from the weapon to a group of people bound together, like a bundled stick
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