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Origin of Match
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From Old French meiche, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle", "curved part of a lamp"), from Ancient Greek [Greek?] (myxa, “lamp wick")
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Middle English mecche, macche lamp wick from Anglo-Norman meche, mesche perhaps ultimately from Latin myxa a lamp's nozzle from Greek muxa mucus, lamp wick
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English macche, from Old English mæcca, from gemæcca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another")
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Middle English macche from Old English gemæcca companion, mate mag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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