scaccarium

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Contents

1 Latin
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Inflection
  - 1.2.2 Descendants

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the noun *scaccus, itself from Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”).

Noun[edit]

scaccarium (genitive scaccariī); n, second declension

(Medieval Latin) chessboard

Inflection[edit]

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	scaccarium	scaccaria
genitive	scaccariī	scaccariōrum
dative	scaccariō	scaccariīs
accusative	scaccarium	scaccaria
ablative	scaccariō	scaccariīs
vocative	scaccarium	scaccaria

Descendants[edit]

Anglo-Norman: escheker
English: checker, exchequer

French: échiquier
Jèrriais: êchitchi

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