Where does “chasse” come from?
chasse (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,...
chasse (French): reliquary; coffin
Ancestry of “chasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 2 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
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| 3 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 4 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “chasse”