Where does “chassis” come from?
chassis (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
chassis (Norwegian Nynorsk): a chassis
Ancestry of “chassis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 2 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 3 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 4 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
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| 5 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 6 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 8 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |