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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

  1. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially...

Ancestry of “cricket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcreket—
2Old Frenchcrequet—
3Old Frenchcriquerto creak
4Middle Dutchkrickento creak; crack
5Old Dutchkrakōnto crack, creak, emit a cry
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerg-to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “cricket”

  • cricketer
  • crickety
  • bushcricket
  • cricketeer
  • cricketana
  • moon cricket
  • cricketless
  • kilikiti
  • críquet
  • cricket
  • cricket
  • крикет
  • cricket
  • Cricket
  • クリケット
  • cricket
  • cricket
  • крикет
  • kriket
  • krikett
  • kriket
  • 크리켓
  • cruicéad
  • crichet
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