12/30/2022 0 Comments Kitchen wall clocks![]() ![]() The word derives from the Middle English clokke, Old North French cloque, or Middle Dutch clocke, all of which mean 'bell', and stem from an Old Irish root. ![]() Clocks spread to England from the Low Countries, so the English word came from the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch Klocke. The word clock derives from the medieval Latin word for 'bell'- clocca-and has cognates in many European languages.
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