cheat

cheat · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
3. Proto-Italic*eks
4. Latinex
5. Latinex-
6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱad-
7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱádeti
8. Proto-Italic*kadō
9. Latincadĕre
10. Classical Latincadō
11. Late Latincadeo
12. Vulgar Latin*excadēre
13. Old Frenchescheoir
14. Old Frenchescheoit
15. Old Frenchescheoiter
16. Middle Englishachetan
17. Old Frenchescheoir
18. Old Frenchescheoit /escheoite
19. Middle Englisheschete
20. Middle Englishacheteninflu.
21. Middle Englishchete
22. English todaycheat

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.

cheat · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromchet“low-quality bread”
2. English todaycheat

Inherited from Middle English chet (“low-quality bread”), of unknown origin; compare manchet.

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