Where does “qualsiasi” come from?
qualsiasi (Italian) comes from Italian siasi, from English châssis, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
qualsiasi (Italian): any; whatever, whichever; every, each
Definitions
- any; whatever, whichever; every, each
Ancestry of “qualsiasi”, step by step
qualsiasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian siasi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | siasi | be it; may it be |
| 2 | English | châssis | Alternative spelling of chassis |
| 3 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 4 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 5 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 6 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 7 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 8 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 9 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 10 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |