Where does “hachette” come from?

hachette (French) comes from Old French hachete, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kop- — to dig; to strike, to beat.

hachette (French): hatchet

Definitions

  1. hatchet

Ancestry of “hachette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhachetehatchet
2Old Frenchhacheaxe
3Vulgar Latin*happia—
4Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
5Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ →Every word from Frankish happja →