Where does “à croquer” come from?
à croquer (French) comes from French croquer, from Middle French croquer, from Old French crokier, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken, from Norwegian kraken, from Norwegian krake — to grow old, to mature.
à croquer (French): cute, pretty
Ancestry of “à croquer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | croquer | to crunch; to waste, squander; to sketch, outline |
| 2 | Middle French | croquer | — |
| 3 | Old French | crokier | to slap, hit, strike |
| 4 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 5 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 6 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 7 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 8 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 9 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 10 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 11 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 12 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |