Etymology of the French word chèque
the French word
chèquederived from the English word
checkderived from the Old French word
eschecderived from the Arabic word
shahderived from the Persian word
šahDate
The earliest known usage of chèque in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in French
chéquier,
chéquardDerivations in other languages
Italian
sceccarioCognates
Dutch
cheque, English
cheque, German
Scheck, Norwegian
sjekk, Swedish
check
