Anglo-French escheks / eschez enters Middle English as chesse, ches, and esches.
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chesse / ches / esches
the game of chess
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-French period · game of chessescheks / eschez
the game of chess; literally plural chess terms
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The formally plural French game name becomes an English mass/singular game name.
Borrowed in the fourteenth century.
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supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Connects Middle English chess with Anglo-French plural forms.
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