Word Origin & History
fetchO.E. feccan, apparently a variant of fetian, fatian "to fetch, bring, to marry," probably from P.Gmc. *fatojanan (cf. O.N. feta "to find one's way," O.H.G. sih faggon "to mount, climb"), related to O.E. fot "foot." Variant form fet, a derivation of the older O.E. version of the word, survived as a competitor
until 17c. Related: Fetched.
fetching1580s, "crafty, scheming," prp. adj. from
fetch. The sense of "alluring, fascinating" is by 1880.