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Where does “cybercheating” come from?

cybercheating (English) comes from English cheating, 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 — to fall.

cybercheating (English): Using the Internet to cheat ; especially...

Definitions

  1. Using the Internet to cheat ; especially...

Ancestry of “cybercheating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcheatingpresent participle of cheat; An act of deception,...
2EnglishcheatTo violate rules in order to gain advantage from...
3Middle Englishchete—
4Middle Englishachete—
5Middle Englisheschete—
6Old Frencheschet—
7Old Frenchescheoirto fall; to happen
8Latinexcadēre—
9Latincadēre—
10Latincadō—
11Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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