Where does “rechase” come from?

rechase (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,...

rechase (English): To chase again; to chase or drive back

Definitions

  1. To chase again; to chase or drive back

Ancestry of “rechase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChasefrom a nickname for a hunter
2Frenchchâssereliquary; coffin
3Middle Frenchchasse
4Old Frenchchacehunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person...
5Old Frenchchacierto hunt, to go hunting
6Latincaptiāreto hunt
7Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-
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