Etymology

chassis

chas·sis
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Today it means: The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle. Full definition →

French châssis ← Latin capsa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcapsa“case”
  2. French · borrowed fromchâssis
  3. English todaychassis

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchchâssis all →

sash

Latincapsa all →

casecashchasekascapsicum

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.