ricochet
RIK-uh-shay · verb
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Origin
Ricochet comes from French ricochet, but beyond that, its trail goes cold — no one knows for certain where the French word itself came from.
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Journey
The word arrived in English essentially unchanged from French, keeping both its spelling and its bouncing, skipping sense.
Related words
No confirmed relatives are known — its origin before French remains a genuine mystery.