English
exchequership
From exchequer + -ship.
Formed from exchequer + -ship
Medieval Latin scaccus ‘check (in chess)’
Medieval Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard’
Anglo-Norman escheker ‘chessboard’
Middle English escheker ‘a chessboard or checkerboard’
English exchequer
Today it means
noun The office or post of exchequer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exchequership