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In which French did you find "por chase”? (this is not aggressive, I am french and this does not mean anything but it may be a dialect or some as ancient French
by BrandoElFollito 5y ago
In which French did you find "por chase”? (this is not aggressive, I am french and this does not mean anything but it may be a dialect or some as ancient French?)
- jgwil2 5y agoThe etymology given by Wiktionary[0] is: > From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”). [0]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchase https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchase
- BrandoElFollito 5y agoOK thanks, so this is XIV-XV century French (http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/dictionnaire-godefroy/porchacier http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/dictionnaire-godefroy/porcha...)