latchet

Meaninga lace

Common meaning: strap or thong for fastening a shoe

latcheta laceSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 285 · scan

Journey through time

Frenchlachet‘a lace’source
Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa lace → shoe fasteninglachet‘shoe fastening’source
Englishlatchet‘strap or thong for fastening a shoe’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on French lachet ‘a lace’.

Roots

lachet French “a lace”

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