Where does “chassé” come from?
chassé (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,...
chassé (English): A gliding movement in dance with the same foot...
Definitions
- A gliding movement in dance with the same foot...
Ancestry of “chassé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “chassé”