Etymology

alquerque

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Today it means: An ancient strategy board game, an ancestor of checkers, thought to have originated in the Middle East. Full definition →

Spanish alquerque ← Arabic القرقات
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromالقرقات
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromalquerque
  3. English todayalquerque

From Spanish alquerque, from Arabic القرقات.

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