decheoir

Old French

Alternative forms

dechair, decheer, decheir, deschaer, deschaier, descheier, decheir, discheir
decair (northern)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, from Latin dēcidere.

Verb

decheoir

to fall
to decline
to decay
to die
to fail

Conjugation

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Related terms

cheoir

Descendants

French: déchoir
→ Middle English: decayen
- English: decay

References

dechair on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cadĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 28

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