toquer

to bother, to dog; to hit, to tap, to bang, to knock; to fall in love; to fall head over heels (with)

Inherited from Middle French toquer, tocquer, most likely from an onomatopoeic root *toc (based on the sound of hitting something), or alternatively from an Old Northern French *toquer, *tocquer (compare Old French tochier), from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre (“to strike; to touch”) (whence toucher).