Unhatch
/ʌnˈhætʃ/noun
To undo the hatching of; to open or cause to emerge from an egg or similar covering.
Did you know?Unlike occult-sounding words like “spell” or “glamour,” “unhatch” is a plain English formation built with the reversible prefix un- plus hatch, and it appears in older English as a literal action word.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
un-
“a reversative prefix meaning “not” or “reverse the action of””
Middle English
ME
haccen / hatchen
“to split, open, or bring forth from an egg or covering”
Early Modern English
English
unhatchen
“to open or cause to emerge from a shell or covering”
Modern English
English
unhatch
“to reverse hatching; to open or bring out from an egg or similar enclosure”