Where does “chase” come from?
Chase comes from French châsse, derived from Latin capsa (box or case), which traces to the Latin verb capio (to take or seize), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.
chase (English): The act of one who chases another; a pursuit; A...
Definitions
- The act of one who chases another; a pursuit; A...
Ancestry of “chase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chacen | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | chacer | Alternative form of chacier |
| 3 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 4 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 5 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |