The story
- Middle French · derived fromoche“notch”
- English todaynotch
Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an otch, from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Frenchoche all →
oche
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.