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NODE / 0207attestedAnglo-French

escheks / eschez

the game of chess; literally plural chess terms

DATE
Anglo-French period
SENSE
game of chess
FAMILY
Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY
node:12:escheks-eschez:attested:sense:game-of-chess

The game name is formally plural.

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GO DEEPERhistorical continuationestablished
Old French · Old French period · chess pieces

eschés

chess pieces; chess

SOUND
Anglo-French plural forms continue continental Old French eschés with dialectal spelling differences.
MEANING
Chess pieces or checks become the name of the game as a whole.
CHRONOLOGY
Old French to Anglo-French.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established
Chess — Word HistorysupportsEtymology and Kids Etymology

Connects the French plural game name with eschec/check.

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Middle English · 14th–15th centuries · board game

chesse / ches / esches

the game of chess

SOUND
Anglo-French escheks / eschez enters Middle English as chesse, ches, and esches.
MEANING
The formally plural French game name becomes an English mass/singular game name.
CHRONOLOGY
Borrowed in the fourteenth century.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established
Chess — Word HistorysupportsEtymology

Connects Middle English chess with Anglo-French plural forms.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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03chessescheks / eschez · established