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Where does “hockey” come from?

hockey (English) comes from French hoquet — hiccup.

hockey (English): Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...

Definitions

  1. Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...

Ancestry of “hockey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhoquethiccup

Words derived from “hockey”

  • Hockeytown
  • hockeylike
  • nonhockey
  • hockeyist
  • hockey
  • хоккей
  • hockey
  • Eishockey
  • Hockey
  • Eishockeyspieler
  • hoquei
  • hokeo
  • ijshockey
  • hockey
  • hokejowy
  • hokej
  • hokejówka
  • хокеј
  • hokej
  • hockeykølle
  • hockey
  • hockeykølle
  • hockey
  • 하키
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