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Where does “csekket” come from?

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

csekket (Hungarian): accusative singular of csekk

Definitions

  1. accusative singular of csekk

Ancestry of “csekket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsekkcheck , cheque
2EnglishchequeA draft directing a bank to pay money to a named...
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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