English
latchstring
From latch + string.
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
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’
Proto-Germanic *strangiz
Proto-West Germanic *strangi
Old English strenġ
Middle English string
English string
Today it means
noun A string attached to a latch allowing it to be disengaged from the opposite side.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / latchstring