English
fratch
Fratch comes from Middle English fracchen ‘to make a harsh or strident noise’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fracchen‘to make a harsh or strident noise’
- Englishearliest quotation 1854fratch
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fracchen‘to make a harsh or strident noise’
- Englishearliest quotation 1854fratch
Earliest quotation: 1854, Charles Dickens, read online: “-I ha' never had no fratch afore, sin ever…”
Every English word from Middle English fracchen
Today it means
noun A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fracchen / fratch