Where does “toque” come from?

Toque comes from French toque, from Middle French toque, from Arabic طَاقِيَّة, a type of hat or head covering.

toque (English): A type of hat with no brim; A tall white hat with...

Definitions

  1. A type of hat with no brim; A tall white hat with...

Ancestry of “toque”, step by step

toque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Canadian French tuque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Canadian Frenchtuquetoque
2Frenchtoquetoque; a pillowbox hat; a type of round brimless...
3Italiantoccathird-person singular present indicative of...
4Italiantoccareto touch
5Vulgar Latintuccoto knock, strike, offend; to strike; to touch; I...
6Frankishtukkōnto knock, strike, touch; to touch, hit; to touch
7Proto-Germanictukkōnąto tug, pull; to grab, snatch; to grasp, touch
8Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

via Spanish toque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtoquewhiff; touch; stroke
2Spanishtocarto touch; to play; to be someone's time or turn
3Spanishtocakerchief, turban cloth
4Arabicطَاقِيَّة—

Words derived from “toque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tukkōną →Every word from Frankish tukkōn →