vetch

English

/vɛtʃ/

noun

Definitions

any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds
any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English vecche derived from veche derived from Old French vece derived from Latin vicia.

Origin

Latin

vicia

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

deer English
deervetch English
poison English
poisonvetch English
sweet English
sweetvetch English
vetchling English
vetchy English
vicia Latin
vesce French
*weyk- Proto-Indo-European
vecche Middle English
vece Old French
veche Old French
wicke Middle Dutch
wicka Old High German
vèche Norman
veche ONF.