Where does “stormchaser” come from?
stormchaser (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,...
Ancestry of “stormchaser”, step by step
stormchaser 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,... |
via English storm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | storm | Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | storm | A storm; an instance of intense wind and... |
| 3 | Old English | storm | storm |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sturm | storm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |