Where does “cricketainment” come from?
cricketainment (English) comes from English cricket, from Middle English creket, from Old French crequet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken, from Old Dutch krakōn, from Proto-Indo-European gerg-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
cricketainment (English): The promotion of the sport of cricket as a glamorous entertainment event
Definitions
- The promotion of the sport of cricket as a glamorous entertainment event
Ancestry of “cricketainment”, step by step
cricketainment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cricket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cricket | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 3 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 4 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 6 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English entertainment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entertainment | An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment,... |
| 2 | English | entertain | To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably |
| 3 | Old French | entretenir | to support one another |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |