hachet
Middle English
/ˈhatʃɛt(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A hatchet; a light axe or a tomahawk.
- (rare) A war axe.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French hachete affix from Middle English hache (battle-axe, war-axe).
Origin
Middle English
hache
Gloss
battle-axe, war-axe
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hatchet English
- hatchetation English
- hatchetfaced English
- hatchetfish English
- hatchety English
- hache Middle English
- hache Old French
- hachete Old French
- *hapja Frankish