Where does “hatchment” come from?
hatchment (English) comes from Middle French hachement, from French hacher, from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ — to dig; to strike, to beat.
hatchment (English): An escutcheon of a deceased person, placed within...
Definitions
- An escutcheon of a deceased person, placed within...
Ancestry of “hatchment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | hachement | — |
| 2 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 3 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 4 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 5 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 7 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |