Where does “crook” come from?
Crook comes from Middle English croke, from Old Norse krókr, meaning a hook or curved implement.
crook (English): A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure; A...
Definitions
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure; A...
Ancestry of “crook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crooked | simple past tense and past participle of crook;... |
| 2 | Middle English | croked | — |
| 3 | Middle English | croken | To be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To... |
| 4 | Old English | crācettan | to croak |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krēk- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
Words derived from “crook”