Where does “cheoir” come from?

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

cheoir (Old French): to fall; to fall out; to happen

Definitions

  1. to fall; to fall out; to happen

Ancestry of “cheoir”, step by step

cheoir traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cadēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincadēre—
2Latincadōto fall, to fall out
3Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Vulgar Latin cadeo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatincadeoI fall

via Late Latin cadeo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincadeo—

Words derived from “cheoir”

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