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

1. to fall
2. to decline
3. to decay
4. to die
5. 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, volume 2: C Q K, page 28