Where does “hatch” come from?
Hatch comes from Middle French hacher, from Old French hache, from Frankish happja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to strike or cut.
hatch (English): A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling; A...
Definitions
- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling; A...
Ancestry of “hatch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 2 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 3 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 5 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |
Words derived from “hatch”