Where does “checksum” come from?
Check derives from Old French eschequier, from Latin scaccus, meaning a chess board or table with a checked pattern, ultimately from Latin super and -arius.
checksum (English): A number, derived by applying a suitable...
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Ancestry of “checksum”, step by step
checksum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English check
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | check | A situation in which the king is directly... |
| 2 | English | chequer | The edible fruit of the wild service tree,... |
| 3 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 6 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 7 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 9 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English sum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 2 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 3 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 4 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 5 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 7 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 9 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |