'botch' originates from Middle English, specifically the word 'bocchen,' where it meant 'to repair or patch clumsily.'

'bocchen' transformed into the modern English word 'botch,' and eventually became 'botched' as its past tense and participle form.

Initially, it meant 'to repair clumsily,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to do something badly or carelessly.'