Etymology

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Today it means: A chassé. Full definition →

French chassé ← Latin captō
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  1. Latin · derived fromcaptō
  2. French · derived fromchassé
  3. English todaysashay

Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō (“to take”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchchassé all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.