Where does “hockey” come from?

hockey (Dutch) comes from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

hockey (Dutch): hockey, usually field hockey

Definitions

  1. hockey, usually field hockey

Ancestry of “hockey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
2Frenchhoquethiccup

Words derived from “hockey”

Every word from French hoquet →
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