crochet

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gerg-“tracery, basket, twist”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*krōkaz“hook”
3. Old Norse · derived fromkrókr“hook, bend, bight”
4. Frankish · derived from*krōk“hook”
5. Old French · derived fromcroc“hook”
6. Old French · derived fromcrochet
7. Middle French · derived fromcrochet
8. French · borrowed fromcrochet
9. English todaycrochet

From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked.

Words from the same roots