Where does “latche” come from?
latche (Middle English) comes from Middle English lacchen, from Old English læċċan, from Proto-Germanic lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “latche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | lacchen | to seize, catch, grasp; to seize, catch |
| 2 | Old English | læċċan | to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”; to grasp,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lakjaną | To cause to wet; moisten |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |