Italian word cacciare comes from Proto-Italic *kapiō (Take, seize.), Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kapiō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Take, seize. |
| *kh₂pyéti | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | To be grasping. |
| *kh₂pyé- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| capio | Latin (lat) | I capture, seize, take. I take in, understand. I take on. |
| captio | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) Catch. Deception, fraud, deceit. Quibble. |
| captiāre | Late Latin (LL) | |
| cacciare | Italian (ita) | (transitive) to chase. (transitive) to drive out, to throw out, to kick out, to expel. (transitive) to sack, to fire, to throw out. (transitive, of animals) to hunt, to prey on. (transitive, of man) to hunt, to shoot, to snare. |