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cheatEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadĕre ▲ Classical Latin cadō Late Latin cadeo Vulgar Latin *excadēre Old French escheoir Old French escheoit Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -er Old French escheoiterbor. Middle English achetan ▲ Old French escheoir Old French escheoit /escheoitebor. Middle English escheteder. Middle English acheteninflu. Middle English chete English cheat Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗cheatEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadĕre ▲ Classical Latin cadō Late Latin cadeo Vulgar Latin *excadēre Old French escheoir Old French escheoit Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -er Old French escheoiterbor. Middle English achetan ▲ Old French escheoir Old French escheoit /escheoitebor. Middle English escheteder. Middle English acheteninflu. Middle English chete English cheat Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗cheatEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Inherited from Middle English chet (“low-quality bread”), of unknown origin; compare manchet.
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