Etymology

croquette

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Today it means: A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Full definition →

French croquette
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  1. French · borrowed fromcroquette
  2. English todaycroquette

Borrowed from French croquette, from croquer (“to crunch”) + -ette (suffix indicating diminution). Doublet of korokke and kroket.

Words from the same roots

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korokke

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