{"era":"current","word":"thatcher","meaning":"a person who covers roofs with thatch","children":[{"era":"early 14th c.","word":"thatch + -er","meaning":"agent noun meaning one who does the work of thatching","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"thatch","meaning":"to cover; roof covering material","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-Germanic *thakjan","meaning":"to cover","children":[{"era":"prehistory","word":"PIE *(s)teg-","meaning":"to cover","children":[],"language":"Proto-Indo-European"}],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"English"}],"language":"Modern English"}