Where does “checkers” come from?
Checkers comes from Old French eschequier, from Latin scaccarium, from Latin scaccus, ultimately from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 and Old Persian 𐏋 meaning king.
checkers (English): plural of checker; A game for two players played...
Definitions
- plural of checker; A game for two players played...
Ancestry of “checkers”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 4 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 5 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |