Where does “claqueur” come from?
claqueur (English) comes from French claqueur, from French claquer, from Middle French claquer, from Old French claquer, from Middle Dutch klacken, from Old Dutch klakon, from Proto-Germanic klakōną, from Proto-Indo-European glag- — to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout.
claqueur (English): One of the claque employed to applaud at a...
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- One of the claque employed to applaud at a...
Ancestry of “claqueur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | claqueur | — |
| 2 | French | claquer | to clack; to clap; to click, to snap |
| 3 | Middle French | claquer | — |
| 4 | Old French | claquer | clap, clack, clatter |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | klacken | to clack, crack, whack, shake |
| 6 | Old Dutch | klakon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klakōną | to clap, clack; to chirp, tweet, twitter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | glag- | to make a noise, clap, twitter; to make a noise,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gal- | to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout |