Where does “rechecker” come from?
rechecker (English) comes from English recheck, 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.
rechecker (English): One who checks something again
Definitions
- One who checks something again
Ancestry of “rechecker”, step by step
rechecker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recheck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recheck | To check again; The act of checking again;... |
| 2 | English | check | A situation in which the king is directly... |
| 3 | English | chequer | The edible fruit of the wild service tree,... |
| 4 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 7 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 8 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 10 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |