Where does “cricket” come from?
Cricket comes from Dutch met de krik ketsen, from Old French criquet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken.
cricket (English): An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially...
Definitions
- An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially...
Ancestry of “cricket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 2 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 3 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 5 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |