eschas

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: escha, eschât

Verb

eschas

second-person singular past historic of escher

Old French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic ⁧شَاه⁩ (šāh, “king in chess”), from Persian ⁧⁩ (šâh, “shah, king”).

Noun

eschas m pl

chess (board game)
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
  As eschas joent li plusor
  Several of them were playing chess

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