Where does “noncheating” come from?
noncheating (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.
noncheating (English): Not cheating
Definitions
- Not cheating
Ancestry of “noncheating”, step by step
noncheating traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cheating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cheating | present participle of cheat; An act of deception,... |
| 2 | English | cheat | To violate rules in order to gain advantage from... |
| 3 | Middle English | chete | cottage |
| 4 | Middle English | achete | Escheat; the acquisition of property left without an inheritor |
| 5 | Middle English | eschete | The taking of property from a feudal subject due to extinction of their line or crimes committed; escheat |
| 6 | Old French | eschet | — |
| 7 | Old French | escheoir | to fall; to happen |
| 8 | Latin | excadēre | fall out |
| 9 | Latin | cadēre | — |
| 10 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |