crocco

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French croc, from 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).

Noun[edit]

crocco m (plural crocchi)

  1. a hook, especially one used for fishing for tuna