PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
The Arabic source is well supported, but Merriam-Webster leaves direct borrowing versus mediation through Spanish jaque unresolved.
/tʃɛk/ · verb · noun
To verify, restrain, mark, or issue a bank draft today; a word whose oldest English history begins with a threatened king in chess.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Explicitly presents direct Arabic transmission and Spanish mediation as alternatives.
Etymology note on Arabic transmissionThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.