Saturday, December 18, 2004

Dubious diurnal etymology #2

A fresh chat up line everydayish.


escheat

The reverting of land to a king or lord in certain cases, c.1330, from Anglo-Fr. eschete (1292), from O.Fr. eschete "succession, inheritance," originally fem. pp. of escheoir, from L.L. *excadere, from L. ex- "out, away" + cadere "to fall" (see case (1)).

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