Where does “échéance” come from?

échéance (French) comes from French échoir, from Old French escheoir, from Latin excadēre, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

échéance (French): expiry date, expiration date

Definitions

  1. expiry date, expiration date

Ancestry of “échéance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéchoirto befall, to happen by chance; to become...
2Old Frenchescheoirto fall; to happen
3Latinexcadērefall out
4Latincadēre—
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “échéance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →