ketch

ketch · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromcatche
2. English todayketch

From Middle English catche, from cacchen (“to catch”). For the modern form with /ɛ/, compare the pronunciation /kɛtʃ/ of catch.

ketch · verb²

See catch.

ketch · verb, noun³

From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.

ketch · noun⁴

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kōkil“small cake”
2. Old English · inherited from*cēċel“small cake”
3. Middle English · inherited fromkechel“small cake”
4. English todayketch

From Middle English kechel (“small cake”), from Old English *cēċel (“small cake”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōkil (“small cake”).

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