Where does “purchase” come from?
Purchase comes from Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer, from Old French pur-.
purchase (English): The acquisition of title to, or property in,...
Definitions
- The acquisition of title to, or property in,...
Ancestry of “purchase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | purchasen | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | purchacer | seek to obtain; Alternative form of porchacier;... |
| 3 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 4 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 5 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |