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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...

Definitions

  1. One of the claque employed to applaud at a...

Ancestry of “claqueur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclaqueur—
2Frenchclaquerto clack; to clap; to click, to snap
3Middle Frenchclaquer—
4Old Frenchclaquerclap, clack, clatter
5Middle Dutchklackento clack, crack, whack, shake
6Old Dutchklakon—
7Proto-Germanicklakōnąto clap, clack; to chirp, tweet, twitter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanglag-to make a noise, clap, twitter; to make a noise,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangal-to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout
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