Where does “inchase” come from?
inchase (English) comes from English Chase, 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,...
inchase (English): Archaic form of enchase
Ancestry of “inchase”, 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,... |