## Etymology
From cheat + -er. Cheat is an aphetic form of escheat ('reversion of property to the state'), from Old French escheoir ('to fall to one's lot'), from Late Latin *excadere, from Latin ex- + cadere ('to fall').

## AI Etymology
Cheater is from cheat + -er. Cheat is an aphetic form of escheat ('reversion of property to the state'), from Old French escheoir ('to fall to one's lot'), from Late Latin *excadere, from Latin ex- + cadere ('to fall'). Important recorded forms include escheat (Old French) and cadere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who acts dishonestly to gain an advantage. The wider family includes related words such as cheat and escheat.

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