mate

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English word mate comes from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ, Persian شاه, Latin madere, and later Persian شاه مات (Checkmate.)

شَاهُ مَاتَ (Arabic)

شاه (Persian)

(chess) king. (in compounds) Something that is the biggest or the best of its kind.. King; shah.

madere (Latin)

mattus (Latin)

شاه مات (Persian)

Checkmate.

mat (Old French)

Checkmated; in checkmate.

mater (Middle French)

maten (Middle English)

mate (English)

(chess) Short for checkmate. (intransitive) To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate. To confuse; to confound.

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