Where does “enchase” come from?
enchase (English) comes from French enchâsser, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
enchase (English): To set into; To be a setting for; To decorate...
Definitions
- To set into; To be a setting for; To decorate...
Ancestry of “enchase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | enchâsser | to enshrine, to put in a display cabinet; to... |
| 2 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 3 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 4 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 5 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 6 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 7 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 8 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 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,... |