Etymology

potch

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Today it means: To thrust. Full definition →

Old French pocher
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potch · verb1

  1. Old French · derived frompocher“to poke”
  2. English todaypotch

From Old French pocher (“to poke”); akin to poach.

potch · noun2

  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּאַטש“slap”
  2. English todaypotch

From Yiddish פּאַטש (patsh, “slap”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchpocher all →

poach

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