Where does “kroket” come from?
kroket (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch kroket, from French croquette, from French croquer, from Middle French croquer, from Old French crokier, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken — to grow old, to mature.
kroket (Afrikaans): croquet; A croquette filled with ragout
Definitions
- croquet; A croquette filled with ragout
Ancestry of “kroket”, step by step
kroket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kroket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kroket | a croquette filled with ragout, commonly sold in... |
| 2 | French | croquette | croquette; kibble; a beanpole |
| 3 | French | croquer | to crunch; to waste, squander; to sketch, outline |
| 4 | Middle French | croquer | — |
| 5 | Old French | crokier | to slap, hit, strike |
| 6 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 7 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 8 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 9 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 10 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 11 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 12 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 13 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 14 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
via French croquet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | croquet | croquet; croquette |
| 2 | French | -et | suffix indicating diminution or affection |
| 3 | Middle French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun |
| 4 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |