French échec

← Arabic شَاه (derived)

← Persian شاه (derived)

← French mat (mention)

← Old French eschec (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *tek- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *tek- (derived)

← Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (derived)

← Old Persian 𐏋 (derived)

→ English check (cognate)

→ Catalan xec (borrowed)

→ Spanish escaque (cognate)

→ Romanian eșec (borrowed)