Where does “eye-catcher” come from?

eye-catcher (English) comes from English catcher, from English catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō — whale, sea monster; abyss.

eye-catcher (English): an eye-catching person or thing

Definitions

an eye-catching person or thing

Ancestry of “eye-catcher”, step by step

eye-catcher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English catcher

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	catcher	Someone or something that catches; The player...
2	English	catch	The act of seizing or capturing; The act of...
3	Middle English	cacchen	to catch
4	Anglo-Norman	cachier	to hide; Alternative form of chacier
5	Vulgar Latin	coacticare	present active infinitive of *coacticō
6	Latin	coactō	to compel, constrain, force
7	Latin	coactus	forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
8	Latin	cōgō	to collect, assemble, gather together
9	Latin	cōn-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
10	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
11	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
12	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
13	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
14	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15	Middle English	kyt	—
16	Russian	кит	whale; genitive plural of ки́та
17	Old Church Slavonic	китъ	whale
18	Ancient Greek	κῆτος	whale, sea monster; abyss

via English Eye

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Eye	A place name
2	English	-some	Characterized by some specific condition or...
3	Middle English	-som	some; having a specific quality
4	Old English	sum	some
5	Proto-West Germanic	*sum	some
6	Proto-Germanic	sumaz	some (one), a certain (one)
7	Proto-Indo-European	sem-	together, one

Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Old Church Slavonic китъ →