cek.
check, cheque: a draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity
Meaning & usage
check, cheque: a draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch cheque (“cheque”) (compare Afrikaans tjek), from English cheque, from Middle English chek, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”). Doublet of syah.
older sister
Where this word comes from
Clipping of cece.
to check
Where this word comes from
From Dutch checken (“to check, to examine”), from English check, from Middle English chekken, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium.
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