exchequer

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the treasurer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.

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