English
hatchwork
From hatch + work.
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 *werǵ- ‘to make’
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Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc ‘labor’
Middle English work
English work
Today it means
noun Crosshatching; ornamentation using a crosshatch pattern
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hatchwork