clutter (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[clutter 词源字典]
1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.[clutter etymology, clutter origin, 英语词源]
clutter (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.