crocket

crocket · noun¹

1. Old French · derived fromcrochet
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcroquet“curl of hair”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcroket
4. English todaycrocket

From Middle English croket, from Anglo-Norman croquet (“curl of hair”), from Old Northern French, variant of Old French crochet, diminutive of croc (“hook”), which is also present in English archaically in the architectural sense as crochet, crotchet. Doublet of crochet, croquet, and crotchet.

crocket · noun²

Etymology unknown.

Words from the same roots