Where does “Exchequer” come from?

Exchequer comes from Old French escheker, from Latin scaccarium meaning a chessboard-shaped counting table, from Latin scaccus, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 and Old Persian 𐏋.

Exchequer (English): The government department that collects and manages revenue

Definitions

  1. The government department that collects and manages revenue

Ancestry of “Exchequer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglisheschekerA chessboard or checkerboard
2Anglo-Normaneschekier—

Words derived from “Exchequer”

Every word from Anglo-Norman eschekier →Every word from Middle English escheker →