English
hatchboat
From hatch + boat.
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
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‘to break’
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Proto-Germanic *baitaz ‘boat’
Proto-West Germanic *bait ‘boat’
Old English bāt
Middle English bot
English boat
Today it means
noun A type of fishing boat found mostly in southern England in the 19th century, whose deck consisted of many movable hatches.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hatchboat