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.

Ancestry of “Exchequer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	escheker	—
2	Anglo-Norman	eschekier	—

Every word from Anglo-Norman eschekier →

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