Where does “cacchen” come from?
cacchen (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cacchen (Middle English): to catch
Ancestry of “cacchen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | cachier | to hide; Alternative form of chacier |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | coacticare | present active infinitive of *coacticō |
| 3 | Latin | coactō | — |
| 4 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 5 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “cacchen”