botch

botch · verb, noun¹

1. Middle Dutch · derived frombotsen
2. Old English · inherited frombōtettan“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”
3. Middle English · inherited frombocchen“to mend”
4. English todaybotch

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge.

botch · noun²

1. Late Latin · derived frombocia“boss”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromboche
3. Middle English · inherited frombotche
4. English todaybotch

From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).

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