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
hatch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French hacher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Middle English hacche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hacche | The bottom section of a Dutch door; a half door;... |
| 2 | Old English | hæċ | a hatch |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hakkju | hatch; fence |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haggju | hedge |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hagjō | hedge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰyóm | enclosure, hedge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |