Etymology of the French word hache
the Old French word
hachederived from the German word
hapjaderived from the Frankish root
*hâppiaderived from the Medieval Latin word
hapiaDate
The earliest known usage of hache in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
hacher,
hachereau,
hachette,
hachete,
hachard,
hachotte,
porte-hache,
hachotDerivations in other languages
English
aitch, Italian
accia, Italian
azzaCognates
Catalan
axa, Italian
accia, Portuguese
facha, Provençal
ayssa, Spanish
hachaUsage
Word found in Old French
