eschec

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه‎ (šāh, “king in chess”), from Persian شاه‎ (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)

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

Descendants

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