{"era":"current","word":"hatch","meaning":"To emerge from an egg; to cause an egg to break open and an animal to emerge.","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"hacche","meaning":"to break out","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"hæccan","meaning":"to break forth","children":[],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}