Etymology

bache

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Today it means: The dale of a stream or rivulet. Full definition →

Middle English *becck ← Old English *becc ← Proto-Germanic *bakjaz
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bache · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰog-“flowing water, stream”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bakjaz“brook”
  3. Old English · inherited from*becc“stream”
  4. Middle English · inherited from*becck
  5. English todaybache

Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck.

Bache · proper noun2

* As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach. * As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus. * Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

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