Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French tricoter ‎(“to beat with sticks”), from Old French tricot ‎(“stick, cudgel”), derivative of trique ‎(“stick, game played with sticks”), from earlier estrique ‎(“stick with which one uses to knock down grain”), from *estrikier, *estriquer ‎(“to strike”), from Frankish *strīkan ‎(“to move or pass one thing over another, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‎(“to stroke, touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‎(“to strike”). Cognate with Old High German strīhhan ‎(“to smooth, stroke, spread, rub, strike”), Old English strīcan ‎(“to stroke, pass lightly over the surface, smooth, rub, wipe, strike, go, move, run”). More at strike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.kɔ.te/