latch的词源

英文词源

latch

latch: see lace

latch (v.)

Old English læccan "to grasp or seize," from Proto-Germanic *lakkijanan. Not found in other Germanic languages; probably from PIE *(s)lagw- "to seize" (see analemma). In its original sense the verb was paralleled in Middle English and then replaced by French import catch (v.). Meaning "to fasten with a latch" is mid-15c. Related: Latched; latching.

latch (n.)

a fastening for a door, etc., late 13c., probably from latch (v.).

中文词源

latch：门闩，插销

可能来自PIE*slagw,抓住，词源同lemma,syllable,epilepsy.用于指门闩，插销。

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