Where does “windcheatered” come from?
windcheatered (English) comes from English windcheater, from English cheater, from English cheat, from Middle English chete, from Middle English achete, from Middle English eschete, from Old French eschet, from Old French escheoir — to fall.
windcheatered (English): Wearing a windcheater
Definitions
- Wearing a windcheater
Ancestry of “windcheatered”, step by step
windcheatered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English windcheater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | windcheater | A heavy weatherproof jacket |
| 2 | English | cheater | One who cheats; An improvised breaker bar made... |
| 3 | English | cheat | To violate rules in order to gain advantage from... |
| 4 | Middle English | chete | cottage |
| 5 | Middle English | achete | Escheat; the acquisition of property left without an inheritor |
| 6 | Middle English | eschete | The taking of property from a feudal subject due to extinction of their line or crimes committed; escheat |
| 7 | Old French | eschet | — |
| 8 | Old French | escheoir | to fall; to happen |
| 9 | Latin | excadēre | fall out |
| 10 | Latin | cadēre | — |
| 11 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via English ED
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 3 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 5 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 6 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 7 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |