Etymology

recatch

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Today it means: To catch again. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincaptus
  7. Vulgar Latin*captiāre
  8. Old Frenchchacier
  9. Anglo-Normancachier
  10. Middle Englishcacchen
  11. Englishcatch
  12. English todayrecatch

From re- + catch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.