caught etymology

English word caught comes from English -t

Detailed word origin of caught

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-t English (eng) Forms the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs (leapt, kept, dreamt, etc).
caught English (eng) (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

Words with the same origin as caught

Descendants of -t
bent bit bitter bought brought built burnt cliff dealt dreamt felt kept learnt left lost meant rent slept sought spent swept taught thought went