English
hocket
Hocket comes from French hoquet ‘hiccup’, and goes back to Middle French hoquet.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hoquet
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘hiccup’
- Englishearliest quotation 1977hocket
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hoquet
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘hiccup’
- Englishearliest quotation 1977hocket
Earliest quotation: 1977, Lloyd Ultan, U of Minnesota Press: “Hocket is a contrapuntal technique described by the early…”
Every English word from Middle French hoquet
Today it means
noun In medieval music, a rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. A single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French hoquet / hocket