crotchet

The story

1. Old Norse · derived fromkrókr“hook”
2. Old French · derived fromcrochet“small hook”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcrochet
4. English todaycrotchet

From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.

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