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==Etymology==

The word ''clock'' derives from the medieval [[Latin]] word for 'bell'—{{lang|la|clocca}}—and has [[cognate]]s in many European languages. Clocks spread to England from the [[Low Countries]],<ref name="Wedgwood">{{cite book
 |last1        = Wedgwood
 |first1       = Hensleigh
 |title        = A Dictionary of English Etymology: A{{Snd}} D, Vol. 1
 |publisher    = Trübner and Co.
 |date         = 1859
 |location     = London
 |page        = 354
 |url          = https://books.google.com/books?id=AGdJAAAAcAAJ&q=clock&pg=PA354
 |access-date  = October 30, 2020
 |archive-date = July 3, 2023
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20230703112706/https://books.google.com/books?id=AGdJAAAAcAAJ&q=clock&pg=PA354
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> so the English word came from the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch {{lang|dum|Klocke}}.<ref name="OED">{{cite book
 | last1  = Stevenson
 | first1  = Angus
 | last2  = Waite
 | first2  = Maurice
 | title  = Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Luxury Edition
 | publisher  = Oxford University
 | date  = 2011
 | pages  = 269–270
 | url  = https://books.google.com/books?id=sYScAQAAQBAJ&q=clock+clogga&pg=PA270
 | isbn  = 978-0-19-960111-0
 | access-date  = October 30, 2020
 | archive-date  = July 3, 2023
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20230703112706/https://books.google.com/books?id=sYScAQAAQBAJ&q=clock+clogga&pg=PA270
 | url-status  = live
 }}</ref>
The word is also derived from the [[Middle English]] {{lang|enm|clokke}}, [[Old French|Old North French]] {{lang|fro|cloque}}, or [[Middle Dutch]] {{lang|dum|clocke}}, all of which mean 'bell'.