Etymology of the English word checkhook
the English word
checkhookderived from the English word
checkreinderived from the English word
checkderived from the Old French word
eschecderived from the Arabic word
shahderived from the Persian word
šahderived from the English word
reinderived from the Old French word
resnederived from the Latin word
retinere (hold back, restrain; uphold)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Medieval Latin word
tenere (hold, keep; comprehend; represent; support)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ten-derived from the English word
hookderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*keg-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khokazUsage
Word found in Modern English