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• etch — 1630s, to engrave by eating away the surface of with acids, from Du. etsen, from Ger. ätzen to etch, from O.H.G. azzon cause to bite, feed, from P.Gmc. *atjanan, causative of *etanan eat (see EAT (Cf. eat)). Related: Etched; etching …   Etymology dictionary

• etch — [17] A line that has been etched has been literally ‘eaten’ away by acid or other corrosives. The word was borrowed from Dutch etsen, which in turn came from German ätzen ‘corrode, etch’. This can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *atjan… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• etch — [17] A line that has been etched has been literally ‘eaten’ away by acid or other corrosives. The word was borrowed from Dutch etsen, which in turn came from German ätzen ‘corrode, etch’. This can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *atjan… …   Word origins

• etch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. engrave, incise, scratch, carve, corrode. See engraving. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove metal with acid] Syn. cut, eat away, corrode, scratch; see bite 3 , carve 1 . 2. [To use etching as an… …   English dictionary for students

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