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Where does “sash” come from?

Sash comes from French châssis, from French châsse, from Latin capsa meaning box, from Latin capio meaning to take, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.

sash (English): A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the...

Definitions

  1. A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the...

Ancestry of “sash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchâssischassis, frame; window
2Frenchchâssereliquary; coffin
3Middle Frenchchasse—
4Old Frenchchacehunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person...
5Old Frenchchacierto hunt, to go hunting
6Latincaptiāre—
7Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
8Latincapiō—
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “sash”

  • sashed
  • sashless
  • unsashed
  • undersash
  • sashery
  • sèche
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