Etymograph

English

cacciatore

Cacciatore comes from Italian cacciatore ‘hunter’, from cacciare ‘to hunt, to prey on (of animals)’, and ultimately from Latin captus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaptus1
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*captiāre1‘to hunt’reconstructed
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentcacciare2‘to hunt, to prey on (of animals)’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentcacciatore3‘hunter’
  5. Englishtodaycacciatore3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Italian cacciare
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian cacciatore
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English cacciatore

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaptusWiktionary, Italian cacciare
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*captiāreWiktionary, Italian cacciare‘to hunt’reconstructed
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentcacciareWiktionary, Italian cacciatore‘to hunt, to prey on (of animals)’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentcacciatoreWiktionary, English cacciatore‘hunter’
  5. EnglishtodaycacciatoreWiktionary, English cacciatore

Linked words

through Latin captus

chaser, 1 more

through Vulgar Latin *captiāre ‘to hunt’

chase, 3 more

Today it means

adj Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cacciatore”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Italian cacciare, Italian cacciatore. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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