cheque
The origin and history of cheque.
Etymology
From the same root as "check" — via Old French eschec back to Persian shah ("king"), the word used in chess. "Cheque" is simply the British spelling that split off from "check" in the 1790s, partly by influence of "exchequer."
Class of 1790
cheque first entered the language around 1790. Other words from the same year:
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