Where does “unsash” come from?
unsash (English) comes from English sash, from French châssis, 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,...
unsash (English): To untie the sash that holds an article of clothing
Definitions
- To untie the sash that holds an article of clothing
Ancestry of “unsash”, step by step
unsash traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sash | A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the... |
| 2 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |