Where does “garde-chasse” come from?
garde-chasse (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,...
garde-chasse (French): gamekeeper
Ancestry of “garde-chasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 2 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 3 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
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| 4 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 5 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |