touchen
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin *toccō, from Frankish *tokkōn, from Proto-Germanic *tukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.
Verb
touchen (third-person singular simple present toucheth, present participle touchende, touchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle touched)
- to touch
Conjugation
Conjugation of touchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: touch
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- Middle English terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Middle English terms derived from Frankish
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