Etymology

créquier

Today it means: A highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum. Full definition →

French créquier ← Old French crekere ← Middle Dutch crieke
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  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromcrieke
  2. Old French · derived fromcreque
  3. Old French · derived fromcrekere
  4. French · borrowed fromcréquier
  5. English todaycréquier

From French créquier, from Old French crekere, derived from Old French creque, creke, borrowed from Middle Dutch crieke, related to Middle High German kreke (whence German Krieche (“damson plum”)).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.