lacche
See also: lacchè
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlacche f
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editEtymology
editFrom lacchen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize””).
Noun
editlacche (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Romaunt of the Rose. 1623-4
Descendants
edit- English: latch
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