C19: from obsolete fratch to make a harsh noise; perhaps of imitative origin
fratch in American English
(frætʃ)
Brit dialect
transitive verb
1.
to disagree; quarrel
noun
2.
a quarrel; argument; dispute
Derived forms
fratcher
noun
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME fracchen to creak, of uncert. orig.]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: curl, peg, structure, transit, union