Where does “bycatch” come from?

bycatch (English) comes from English catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin.

bycatch (English): Any fish that are not targeted as a catch but...

Definitions

  1. Any fish that are not targeted as a catch but...

Ancestry of “bycatch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatchThe act of seizing or capturing; The act of...
2Middle Englishcacchento catch
3Anglo-Normancachierto hide; Alternative form of chacier
4Vulgar Latincoacticarepresent active infinitive of *coacticō
5Latincoactōto compel, constrain, force
6Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
7Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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