English

hunt down

hunt + down

A compound of hunt + down

Proto-Germanic *huntōną ‘to hunt’

Proto-West Germanic *huntōn ‘to hunt’

Old English huntian ‘to hunt’

Middle English hunten ‘to hunt’

English hunt

Old English dūne ‘down’

Middle English doun

English down

Today it means

verb To hunt something and capture or kill it.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hunt down