escheker
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin scaccarium (“chess board”).
Noun
escheker m (oblique plural eschekers, nominative singular eschekers, nominative plural escheker)
- chessboard
- exchequer (treasury)
- checkered pattern
Descendants
- Middle French: eschiquier
- French: échiquier
- Norman: êchitchi
- → English: exchequer
- → English: checker
References
- escheker on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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