klan.
tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
Meaning & usage
tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
Where this word comes from
From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (klan), from French clan, from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
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