Etymology

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Today it means: The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. Full definition →

Middle English bach ← Old English *bæċċ ← Proto-West Germanic *bakku
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batch · noun, verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bakkuz“baking, baked goods”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bakku
  3. Old English · inherited from*bæċċ“something baked”
  4. Middle English · inherited frombach
  5. English todaybatch

From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel.

batch · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited frombæċ
  2. Middle English · inherited frombache
  3. English todaybatch

From Middle English bache, bæcche, from Old English bæċ, beċe (“brook, stream”). Doublet of beck. More at beach.

batch · verb3

Clipping of bachelor (“unmarried adult male”).

Batch · proper noun4

Variant of Bach.

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