Hunt
/hʌnt/noun
To pursue and capture or kill game; by extension, to search for something.
Did you know?English hunt comes from an Old English verb meaning “to seize, capture, or pursue,” and its deepest roots are connected to the same ancient family as words for catching and chasing in other Germanic languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ken-
“to seize, catch, take”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hunþjaną
“to hunt, pursue game”
Old English
English
hunta(n)
“to hunt, chase, pursue game”
Middle English
English
hunten
“to hunt, pursue, search for”
Modern English
English
hunt
“to pursue and capture or kill game; to search for something”