Etymology

catcheth

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English catch ← Middle English cacchen ← Anglo-Norman cachier
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The story

  1. Latincaptus
  2. Vulgar Latin*captiāre
  3. Old Frenchchacier
  4. Anglo-Normancachier
  5. Middle Englishcacchen
  6. Englishcatch
  7. English todaycatcheth

From catch + -eth.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.