2006-09-11 08:13:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
A number of words are thought to be possible sources for the term cricket, which could refer to the bat or the wicket. In old French, the word criquet meant a kind of club which probably gave its name to croquet. Some believe that cricket and croquet have a common origin. In Flemish, krick(e) means a stick, and, in Old English, cricc or cryce means a crutch or staff (though the hard "k" sound suggests the North or Northeast midlands, rather than the Southeast, where cricket seems to have begun).
Alternatively, the French criquet apparently comes from the Flemish word krickstoel, which is a long low stool on which one kneels in church which may appear similar to the long low wicket with two stumps used in early cricket, or the early stool in stoolball. The word stool is old Sussex dialect for a tree stump, and stool ball is a sport similar to cricket played by the Dutch.
It wasn't named after the bug.
2006-09-11 08:21:44 · answer #1 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the first guy playing that game, in reality was going to kill crickets in the garden
2006-09-11 08:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by fbianchi70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not on an insect it's like that only
2006-09-12 00:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by Akshay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theer r many more thingz that r named after something present before so u don't need to worry 'bout that.......
2006-09-11 18:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by nickless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SHUT UP!!! That is the stupidest question I ever heard!!!
2006-09-11 09:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by what? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did u ever wonder about president BUSH?? y is his name so?
2006-09-11 16:26:49 · answer #6 · answered by Zuhair-from-pakistan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all uasked a gud qstn.
what is ur name???
--->think about it.
2006-09-15 01:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by chiru r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bcos many people watch it.
2006-09-15 00:53:37 · answer #8 · answered by abdul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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lemme think'
could it be cricket?
2006-09-11 08:16:30 · answer #9 · answered by redirishactress 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because thats what they used to use to play. duh
2006-09-11 08:24:10 · answer #10 · answered by TGC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋