recatch

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Indo-European *kaptós

Proto-Italic *kaptos

Latin captus

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Latin -io

Vulgar Latin *captiāre

Old French chacierbor.

Anglo-Norman cachierbor.

Middle English cacchen

English catch

English recatch

From re- + catch.

Verb

recatch (third-person singular simple present recatches, present participle recatching, simple past and past participle recaught)

1. (transitive) To catch again.

   Synonym: recapture

Translations

recapture — see recapture

Anagrams

• catcher