Etymology of the English word clock
the English word
clockderived from the French word
cloquederived from the Medieval Latin word
clocca (bell)
derived from the Middle Dutch word
clockederived from the Medieval Latin word
clocca (bell)
Derivations in English
clocker,
clocklike,
clockwise,
clockwork,
clockmakerCognates
Dutch
klok, French
cloche, German
Glocke, Icelandic
klukka, Norwegian
klokke, Provençal
cloca, Swedish
klockaUsage
Word found in Modern English
