Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. · To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films. · To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. · To cause to dry up or wither.
Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. · Adherence; attachment; devotion. · An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.
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