Where does “chequeless” come from?

chequeless (English) comes from English cheque, from English check, from English chequer, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه — to sire, beget.

chequeless (English): Without cheques

Definitions

  1. Without cheques

Ancestry of “chequeless”, step by step

chequeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cheque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchequeA draft directing a bank to pay money to a named...
2EnglishcheckA situation in which the king is directly...
3EnglishchequerThe edible fruit of the wild service tree,...
4Old Frencheschequierexchequer
5Medieval Latinscaccariumchess board; chessboard; exchequer
6Vulgar Latinscaccuschess
7Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
8Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
9Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
10Old Persian𐏋king
11Proto-Iranianxšáyati
12Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
13Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-