cacchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • kacchen, caschen, caicchen, kecchen, kichen

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Indo-European *kaptós
Proto-Italic *kaptos
Vulgar Latin captus
Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.
Vulgar Latin -io
Vulgar Latin *captiāre
Old French chacierbor.
Anglo-Norman cachierbor.
Middle English cacchen

    Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cachier, variant of Old French chacier, from Late Latin captiāre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃən/

    Verb

    cacchen

    1. to catch

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of cacchen (weak irregular/in -ed)
    infinitive (to) cacchen, cacche
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular cacche caughte, cacched
    2nd-person singular cacchest caughtest, cacchedest
    3rd-person singular caccheth caughte, cacched
    subjunctive singular cacche
    imperative singular —
    plural1 cacchen, cacche caughten, caughte, caccheden, cacchede
    imperative plural caccheth, cacche —
    participles cacchynge, cacchende caught, cacched, ycaught, ycacched

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Descendants

    • English: catch
      • → French: catch
      • → Kabuverdianu:
      • → Spanish: cachar
    • Yola: kotch

    References

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