lacche
See also: lacchè
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -akke
Noun
lacche f
- plural of lacca
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
- latche
Etymology
From lacchen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize””), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”).
Noun
lacche (plural lacches)
- latch (of a door)
- trap
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Romaunt of the Rose. 1623-4
- Love wil noon other bridde cacche,
- Though he sette either net or lacche.
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Romaunt of the Rose. 1623-4
Descendants
- English: latch
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