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20 Nov 2023

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Cloud – What’s in a word!

Cloud – What’s in a word!A 'cloud' generally means a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops of water.
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Fun facts about the word "Cloud"!

Today, we often think of clouds as 'light and fluffy' but its original meaning was very different.
 	In Old English, 'cloud' or 'clúd' meant “mass of rock” or “hill”.
 	'Clúd' seems to have come from an ancient Germanic word meaning “lump” (which came from Latin and Greek).
 	The meaning of 'cloud' was very different before because people at that time thought that clouds looked like groups of rocks.
 	At that time, the word for 'cloud' (as we know it now as a light and fluffy mass that brings rain) was 'wolcen'.
 	'Cloud' in its modern sense eventually replaced 'wolcen'.
 	The word is not only related to rain but also means many more things.
 	It can mean a large body of insects or something that makes the mood gloomy.

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