catcheth

C3A1T1C3H4E1T1H4

A form of catch — The act of seizing or capturing.

OriginEnglish catch ← Middle English cacchen ← Anglo-Norman cachier →
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of catch

Origin

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

From catch + -eth.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

catcheth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catcheth

MLA

“catcheth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catcheth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catcheth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catcheth.

Source: catcheth on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.