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
- To chase again; to chase or drive back
Ancestry of “rechase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Chase | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |