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Klutz

2 stages from Yiddish to English.

Today it means a clumsy or awkward person
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Stage 1 of 2
klots
Yiddish · medieval
"a wooden block"
literally "a wooden beam" or "block"
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Stage 2 of 2
klutz
English · 1900s
"a clumsy, awkward person"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking immigrant communities
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