Where does “ホッケー” come from?

ホッケー (Japanese) comes from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

ホッケー (Japanese): hockey

Definitions

  1. hockey

Ancestry of “ホッケー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
2Frenchhoquethiccup
Every word from French hoquet →