Where does “читер” come from?

читер (Russian) comes from English cheater, from English cheat, from Middle English chete, from Middle English achete, from Middle English eschete, from Old French eschet, from Old French escheoir, from Latin excadēre — to fall.

читер (Russian): cheater

Definitions

  1. cheater

Ancestry of “читер”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheaterOne who cheats; An improvised breaker bar made...
2EnglishcheatTo violate rules in order to gain advantage from...
3Middle Englishchetecottage
4Middle EnglishacheteEscheat; the acquisition of property left without an inheritor
5Middle EnglishescheteThe taking of property from a feudal subject due to extinction of their line or crimes committed; escheat
6Old Frencheschet
7Old Frenchescheoirto fall; to happen
8Latinexcadērefall out
9Latincadēre
10Latincadōto fall, to fall out
11Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-
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