Where does “chequeboek” come from?
chequeboek (Dutch) comes from Dutch cheque, from English cheque, from English check, from English chequer, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه — to sire, beget.
chequeboek (Dutch): a chequebook
Definitions
- a chequebook
Ancestry of “chequeboek”, step by step
chequeboek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch cheque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cheque | check, cheque |
| 2 | English | cheque | A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named... |
| 3 | English | check | A situation in which the king is directly... |
| 4 | English | chequer | The edible fruit of the wild service tree,... |
| 5 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 8 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 9 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 10 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 11 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |