Where does “hatchery” come from?
Hatchery derives from English hatch, Middle French hacher, Old French hache, Latin -arius, and Proto-Indo-European roots keg- and kop-, ultimately expressing the sense of cutting or striking.
hatchery (English): A facility where eggs are hatched under...
Definitions
- A facility where eggs are hatched under...
Ancestry of “hatchery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ery | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning the... |
| 2 | French | -erie | denoting a shop selling a certain product;... |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |