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Where does “cheoir” come from?

cheoir (Middle French) comes from Old French cheoir, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cheoir (Middle French): to fall; fall

Definitions

  1. to fall; fall

Ancestry of “cheoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcheoirto fall; to fall out; to happen
2Latincadēre—
3Latincadō—
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “cheoir”

  • chut
  • choir
  • chu
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