Where does “croquette” come from?
croquette (English) comes from French croquette, from French croquer, from Middle French croquer, from Old French crokier, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken, from Norwegian kraken — to grow old, to mature.
croquette (English): A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs
Definitions
- A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs
Ancestry of “croquette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | croquette | croquette; kibble; a beanpole |
| 2 | French | croquer | to crunch; to waste, squander; to sketch, outline |
| 3 | Middle French | croquer | — |
| 4 | Old French | crokier | to slap, hit, strike |
| 5 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 6 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 7 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 8 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 9 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 10 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 11 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 12 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 13 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |