Where does “smokechaser” come from?
smokechaser (English) comes from English chaser, from English Chase, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
smokechaser (English): A person employed to locate and extinguish a...
Definitions
- A person employed to locate and extinguish a...
Ancestry of “smokechaser”, step by step
smokechaser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chaser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chaser | A person or thing that chases; A hunter; A... |
| 2 | English | Chase | from a nickname for a hunter |
| 3 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 4 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 5 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 6 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 7 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 8 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 9 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |