Where does “escheten” come from?

escheten (Middle English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

escheten (Middle English): To take property from one's feudal subjects; to escheat

Definitions

  1. To take property from one's feudal subjects; to escheat

Ancestry of “escheten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescheoiter—
2Old Frenchescheoitpast participle of escheoir; that which falls to...
3Old Frenchescheoirto fall; to happen
4Latinexcadērefall out
5Latincadēre—
6Latincadōto fall, to fall out
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “escheten”

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