chute (shot)

[F. chute, a fall, OF. cheute, cheoite = Pr. cazuta = Sp. caid a = Pg. caid a, cahida, fall, ruin, queda, fall, declivity, descent, = It. caduta, a fall, a falling, orig. fem. of ML. * cadutus (> OF. cheut, F. chu = It. caduto ), * dit us (> Sp. Pg. caido ), later popular pp. of L. cadere (pp. casus ), fall: see cadent, casel, and cf. cascade. Chute coincides in pronunciation and sense with shoot, n., IMG:content-0398.png:[blocks in formation]