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

Every word from French hoquet