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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by jgwil2 on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:53AM (#27234791)
The 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

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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by BrandoElFollito on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:46PM (#27236464)
OK thanks, so this is XIV-XV century French (http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/dictionnaire-godefroy/porcha...)
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