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Where does “uncheckered” come from?

uncheckered (English) comes from English checkered, from English checker, from English check, from English chequer, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه — to sire, beget.

uncheckered (English): Not checkered; constant, unvarying

Definitions

  1. Not checkered; constant, unvarying

Ancestry of “uncheckered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheckeredDivided into squares, or into light and dark...
2EnglishcheckerOne who checks or verifies something; One who...
3EnglishcheckA situation in which the king is directly...
4EnglishchequerThe edible fruit of the wild service tree,...
5Old Frencheschequierexchequer
6Medieval Latinscaccariumchess board; chessboard; exchequer
7Vulgar Latinscaccuschess
8Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
9Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
10Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
11Old Persian𐏋king
12Proto-Iranianxšáyati—
13Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
14Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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