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Where does “cloche” come from?

cloche (French) comes from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.

cloche (French): bell; a glass covering, originally bell-shaped,...

Definitions

  1. bell; a glass covering, originally bell-shaped,...

Ancestry of “cloche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
2Old Irishclocbell; clock
3Proto-Celticklokkosbell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

Words derived from “cloche”

  • cloche
  • cloque
  • cloqué
  • clochette
  • cloque
  • cloquer
  • cloqué
  • klosz
  • clóis
  • klosheto
  • klosho
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