croquette

[kroh-ket] Origin

cro·quette

[kroh-ket]
noun
a small cake or ball of minced meat, poultry, or fish, or of rice, potato, or other food, often coated with beaten egg and bread crumbs, and fried in deep fat.

Origin:
1700–10; < French, equivalent to croqu(er) to crunch (Old French crokier to break, of expressive orig.) + -ette -ette

coquette, croquet, croquette.
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croquette (krəʊˈkɛt, krɒ-)
 
n
a savoury cake of minced meat, fish, etc, fried in breadcrumbs
 
[C18: from French, from croquer to crunch, of imitative origin]

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croquette
1706, from Fr., from croquer "to crunch."
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