eche
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːtʃ/
Etymology 1
From Middle English eche, ece, from Old English ēċe, ǣċe (“perpetual, eternal, everlasting”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwukiz (“eternal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yewgʷih₃- and *h₂yugʷih₃- respectively, to assume a reconstruction of Pre-Germanic *h₂oyugʷih₃- with an original meaning of "ever-living". Cognate with Dutch eeuwig (“eternal”), German ewig (“eternal”), Swedish evig (“perpetual, eternal”), Latin iūgis (“continual”).
Adjective
eche (comparative more eche, superlative most eche)
- (dialectal, archaic) Eternal; everlasting.
Related terms
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Etymology 2
From Middle English echen (“to increase, augment”). More at eke.
Verb
eche (third-person singular simple present eches, present participle eching, simple past and past participle eched)
- (transitive, obsolete) To increase or enlarge.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, III
- And time that is so briefly spent, With your fine fancies quaintly eche, What’s dumb in show, I‘ll plain in speech.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, III
Asturian
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ælc.
Descendants
- English: each
Etymology 2
From Old English eċe.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈet͡ʃe/
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