English
latcher
From latch + -er.
Formed from latch + -er
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-
Proto-Germanic *lakjaną ‘to make wet’
Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan ‘to seize’
Old English læċċan ‘to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize’
Middle English lacchen ‘to seize, catch, grasp’
English latch
Today it means
noun One who or that which latches.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / latcher