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
Definitions
- gamekeeper
Ancestry of “garde-chasse”, step by step
garde-chasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French châsse
| 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,... |
via French garder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | garder | to keep; to retain; to store; to save; to guard;... |
| 2 | Middle French | garder | Alternative form of guarder |
| 3 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 4 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |