Esche
/ɛʃ/noun
An archaic word for bait used in fishing.
Did you know?Esche entered English through Old French and ultimately traces to Latin esca, meaning food or bait—the same root behind the rare English word “esculent,” meaning edible.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ed-
“To eat or consume”
Classical Latin
Latin
esca
“Food, nourishment, or bait”
Old French
Old French
esche
“Bait used to attract fish”
Middle English
Middle English
esche
“Bait or lure for fishing”
Early Modern English
English
esche
“Fishing bait; an archaic or dialectal term”
Modern English
English
esche
“A rare archaic word for bait”