Where does “châsse” come from?
châsse (French) comes from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
châsse (French): reliquary; coffin
Definitions
- reliquary; coffin
Ancestry of “châsse”, step by step
châsse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French chasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 2 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 4 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 5 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Old French chasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | chasse | chest; trunk |
| 2 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kapsos | — |
via French chasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chasser | to hunt; to chase; to drive off |