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Where does “Chace” come from?

Chace is an obsolete English spelling variant of chase, ultimately derived from Old French chacier meaning "to hunt."

Ancestry of “Chace”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChase—
2Frenchchâssereliquary; coffin
3Middle Frenchchasse—
4Old Frenchchacehunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person...
5Old Frenchchacierto hunt, to go hunting
6Latincaptiāre—
7Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
8Latincapiō—
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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