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Where does “catchment” come from?

Catchment derives from Middle English cacchen, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, ultimately from Latin capio meaning to seize.

catchment (English): Any structure or land feature which catches and...

Definitions

  1. Any structure or land feature which catches and...

Ancestry of “catchment”, 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
5Latincoactō—
6Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
7Latincōgō—
8Latincōn-—
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—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “catchment”

  • noncatchment
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