crocco

See also: Crocco

Italian

Etymology

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

crocco m (plural crocchi)

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