scaccarium

Latin

Etymology

From scaccus (“shah, king”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

Noun

scaccārium n (genitive scaccāriī or scaccārī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) chessboard
  2. (Medieval Latin, metonymic) exchequer

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative scaccārium scaccāria
genitive scaccāriī
scaccārī1 		scaccāriōrum
dative scaccāriō scaccāriīs
accusative scaccārium scaccāria
ablative scaccāriō scaccāriīs
vocative scaccārium scaccāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Old French: eschekier, escheker, eschequier, eskekier
    • Middle French: eschiquier
      • French: échiquier
    • Norman: êchitchi
    • → Middle English: escheker, cheker (see there for further descendants)
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