English
forehatch
From fore + hatch.
Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’
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Proto-West Germanic *haggju ‘hedge’
Proto-West Germanic *hakkju
Old English hæċ ‘a hatch (door)’
Middle English hacche ‘the bottom section of a Dutch door’
English hatch
Today it means
noun A hatch in a fore position, typically near the foremast.
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Etymograph / forehatch