Etymograph

English

FIDE

FIDE comes from French FIDE, and goes back to Fédération Internationale des Échecs ‘International Chess Federation’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentFédération Internationale des Échecs‘International Chess Federation’
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentFIDE
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2018same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentFédération Internationale des Échecs‘International Chess Federation’
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentFIDE
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2018same form

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Today it means

name The International Chess Federation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French Fédération Internationale des Échecs / FIDE