Crochet Definition
To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle, to make interlocking loops of thread.
Origin of Crochet
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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 Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”), Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”). More at crook, crooked.
From Wiktionary
French crocheter from Old French crochet hook diminutive of croche feminine of croc of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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