English
fetcher
Fetcher comes from Middle English fecchere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fecchere
- Englishearliest quotation 2001fetcher
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fecchere
- Englishearliest quotation 2001fetcher
Earliest quotation: 2001, William Hairston: “More and more people agreed to help with the…”
Formed from fetch + -er
Old English feċċan ‘to fetch, bring’
Middle English fecchen ‘to get and bring back, fetch’
English fetch
Every English word from Middle English fecchere
Today it means
noun A person or thing that fetches something
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fecchere / fetcher