Where does “Chase” come from?
Chase (English) comes from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Chase (English): from a nickname for a hunter
Definitions
- from a nickname for a hunter
Ancestry of “Chase”, step by step
Chase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French châsse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 2 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 3 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 4 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 5 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 6 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |