Where does “chaser” come from?
Chaser comes from English chase, from French châsse, from Latin capsa meaning box or case, ultimately from Latin capio meaning to take or seize.
chaser (English): A person or thing that chases; A hunter; A...
Definitions
- A person or thing that chases; A hunter; A...
Ancestry of “chaser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Chase | — |
| 2 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 3 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 4 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
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| 5 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 6 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 8 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
Words derived from “chaser”