“Cloche” comes directly from the French word for “bell” — and when the word is used in English, it has a few applications. It can be a small bell-shaped cover for plants, or it can be a bell-shaped hat. But the word is also related to a few other English terms. “Cloak” comes from the same root — the Latin “clocca” is “bell.” Can you recognize the bell shape in a draped cloak? The word “clock” also traces back to the Latin word for “bell,” which makes sense as time has often been told through the ringing of a bell.