Where does “chasing” come from?
Chasing comes from English chase, from French châsse, from Latin capsa (box), ultimately from Latin capio (to take).
chasing (English): present participle of chase; Engraved or embossed...
Definitions
- present participle of chase; Engraved or embossed...
Ancestry of “chasing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chase | The act of one who chases another; a pursuit; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | chacen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | chacer | Alternative form of chacier |
| 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,... |