Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To follow at speed. · To hunt. · To seek to attain. · To persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner.
The act of one who chases another; a pursuit. · A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game. · A children's game where one player chases another. · A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”) , see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”). Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook Old English huntaþ. (to nag; to pressure): Likely influenced by 催 (ceoi¹, “to urge; to pressure”) and 追 (“to chase”), which are near-homophones.
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