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Where does “scacco matto” come from?

scacco matto (Italian) comes from Persian شاه مات — checkmate.

scacco matto (Italian): checkmate

Definitions

  1. checkmate

Ancestry of “scacco matto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشاه ماتcheckmate
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