English
hockeyer
Hockeyer may come from French hockeyeur ‘a hockey player’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthockeyeur‘a hockey player’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1996hockeyer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthockeyeur‘a hockey player’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1996hockeyer
Earliest quotation: 1996, Pluised by Own, Bear Hunt Update: “Be glad that hockeyers seem to be still allowed…”
Every English word from French hockeyeur
Today it means
noun A hockey player.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French hockeyeur / hockeyer