English
latchet
Latchet comes from Old French lachet.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400lachet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1526latchet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400lachet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1526latchet
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “a stronger than I commeth after me, whos shue…”
Every English word from Old French lachet
Today it means
noun A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French lachet / latchet