myEtymology.com: English etymology of catchword

Etymology of the English word catchword

the English word catchword

derived from the English word catch

derived from the North French word cachier

derived from the Vulgar Latin word captare (try, long, aim for)

derived from the Late Latin word capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-

derived from the English word word

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wurdan