Arabic /ʃ/ is adapted as Old French /tʃ/ with an added initial vowel; direct borrowing versus Spanish mediation remains uncertain.
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eschac / eschés
chess pieces; a check against the king
OPEN NODE 198 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedClassical Arabic · early Islamic chess vocabulary · king in chessšāh
king; the king in chess
OPEN NODE 199 ↗01
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The word “king” is reinterpreted as the chess warning or the pieces/game surrounding that warning.
Arabic-to-Romance chess contact before the Middle English borrowing.
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probable — Merriam-Webster explicitly leaves direct Arabic transmission versus Spanish jaque mediation unresolved.
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Check — Word HistoryEtymology note on Arabic transmission
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Records direct Arabic versus Spanish mediation uncertainty.
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