Where does “acheten” come from?
acheten (Middle English) comes from Middle English escheten, from Old French escheoiter, from Old French escheoit, from Old French escheoir, from Latin excadēre, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
acheten (Middle English): To take property from one's feudal subjects; to escheat
Definitions
- To take property from one's feudal subjects; to escheat
Ancestry of “acheten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | escheten | To take property from one's feudal subjects; to escheat |
| 2 | Old French | escheoiter | — |
| 3 | Old French | escheoit | past participle of escheoir; that which falls to... |
| 4 | Old French | escheoir | to fall; to happen |
| 5 | Latin | excadēre | fall out |
| 6 | Latin | cadēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |