eschec

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه‎ (šāh, “king in chess”), from Persian ‎ (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Related is English check.

Noun

eschec m (oblique plural eschés, nominative singular eschés, nominative plural eschec)

failure (act of failing)
(chess) check (instance where one must move or cover the king)

Descendants

French: échec
- → Catalan: xec
→ Middle Dutch: scaec
- Dutch: schaak
- → Danish: skak
→ Middle English: chek, chekke
- English: check, cheque (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: ches, chees, chesse, echesse, esches (via the plural eschés)
- English: chess
- Scots: chess

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