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English word cheque comes from Arabic صك (seh-k - document, agreement, notification, etc.), which later morphed into Latin *scaccus, and even later became eschequier (exchequer) in French, through which it became cheque and came to acquire its current form

صك (Arabic)

Document, agreement, notification, etc. Seh-k usually meant a proof by another person (signatory) of a promise like debt, king's order, etc.

*scaccus (Vulgar Latin)

scaccarium (Latin)

eschequier (Old French)

Exchequer.

escheker (Old French)

Exchequer (treasury).

exchequer (English)

A treasury.. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

cheque (English)

(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

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