Where does “châssis” come from?
châssis (French) comes from French châsse, 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 — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
châssis (French): chassis, frame; window
Definitions
- chassis, frame; window
Ancestry of “châssis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 2 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 3 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 4 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 5 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 6 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |