Etymology

checker

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Today it means: One who or that which checks or verifies something. Full definition →

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checker · noun1

From check + -er.

checker · noun, verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromscaccarium
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromescheker“chessboard”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcheker
  4. English todaychecker

From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.

checker · noun3

Alteration of chequer.

Words from the same roots

Anglo-Normanescheker all →

exchequer

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