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Where does “cheatgrass” come from?

cheatgrass (English) comes from English cheat, from Middle English chete, from Middle English achete, from Middle English eschete, from Old French eschet, from Old French escheoir, from Latin excadēre, from Latin cadēre — to fall.

cheatgrass (English): "Bromus tectorum", drooping brome, native to...

Definitions

  1. "Bromus tectorum", drooping brome, native to...

Ancestry of “cheatgrass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheatTo violate rules in order to gain advantage from...
2Middle Englishchete—
3Middle Englishachete—
4Middle Englisheschete—
5Old Frencheschet—
6Old Frenchescheoirto fall; to happen
7Latinexcadēre—
8Latincadēre—
9Latincadō—
10Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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