Where does “steeplechaser” come from?
steeplechaser (English) comes from English steeplechase, 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,...
steeplechaser (English): A horse or human athlete who participates in...
Definitions
- A horse or human athlete who participates in...
Ancestry of “steeplechaser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | steeplechase | A horse race, either across open country, or over... |
| 2 | English | Chase | — |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 9 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |