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Where does “eschés” come from?

eschés (Old French) comes from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

eschés (Old French): chess; inflection of eschec: ## oblique plural ##...

Definitions

  1. chess; inflection of eschec: ## oblique plural ##...

Ancestry of “eschés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
2Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
3Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
4Old Persian𐏋king
5Proto-Iranianxšáyati—
6Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “eschés”

  • chess
  • chessboard
  • chessman
  • chessic
  • chesslike
  • nonchess
  • chessboardlike
  • chessically
  • holochess
  • hyperchess
  • チェス
  • ches
  • chesse
  • 체스
  • sies
  • chesi
  • ċess
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