Where does “vetch” come from?

Vetch comes from Middle English vecche, from Old Northern French veche, from Latin vicia, from Proto-Indo-European weyk-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wey-.

vetch (English): any of several leguminous plants, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. any of several leguminous plants, of the genus...

Ancestry of “vetch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishvecche—
2Old Northern Frenchveche—

Words derived from “vetch”

Every word from Old Northern French veche →Every word from Middle English vecche →