Where does “croque” come from?
croque (Galician) comes from Old French crokier, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken, from Norwegian kraken, from Norwegian krake, from Esperanto kraki, from English crack — to grow old, to mature.
croque (Galician): Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, and each one...
Definitions
- Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, and each one...
Ancestry of “croque”, step by step
croque traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French crokier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | crokier | to slap, hit, strike |
| 2 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 3 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 4 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 5 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 6 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 7 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 8 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 9 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 10 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |