English
catchment
From catch + -ment.
Formed from catch + -ment
Latin capiō ‘to take’
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Late Latin captiō
Old French chacier
Anglo-Norman cachier
Middle English cacchen
English catch
Today it means
noun Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / catchment