Where does “cricketless” come from?
cricketless (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...
cricketless (English): Without crickets; Without cricket
Definitions
- Without crickets; Without cricket
Ancestry of “cricketless”, step by step
cricketless 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... |