latch
English
/lætʃ/
verb
Definitions
- To close or lock as if with a latch.
- (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lacchen (seize, grasp, catch) inherited from Old English læċċan (catch, take hold of, seize, grasp) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną (water, wet, irrigate, drain, seize) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)leh₂g-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Latchford English
- dead English
- deadlatch English
- deadlatched English
- door English
- doorlatch English
- draw English
- drawlatch English
- ford English
- key English
- latchable English
- latcheth English
- latchkey English
- latchstring English
- relatch English
- string English
- throat English
- throatlatch English
- unlatch English
- καταλαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- λαβή Ancient Greek
- λαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ληπτός Ancient Greek
- λιθολάβος Ancient Greek
- λῆψις Ancient Greek
- μεσόλαβος Ancient Greek
- χρυσολαβής Ancient Greek
- ἀναλαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολάβος Ancient Greek
- *(s)leh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)leh₂gʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- gelæccan Old English
- læccan Old English
- læċċan Old English
- lacche Middle English
- lacchen Middle English
- lecken Middle Dutch
- *lakkjan gmw-pro
- *lekken Old Dutch
- *hlagʷ- Proto-Hellenic