Where does “cricket” come from?
cricket (French) comes from English cricket, from Middle English creket, from Old French crequet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken, from Old Dutch krakōn, from Proto-Indo-European gerg-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
cricket (French): cricket
Ancestry of “cricket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cricket | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 3 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 4 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 6 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “cricket”