English
forecheck
From fore + check.
Proto-Indo-European *tek- ‘to take, receive, obtain’
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Arabic شَاه ‘king or check at chess’
Medieval Latin scaccus ‘check (in chess)’
Old French eschec
Middle English chek
English check
Today it means
verb To pressure the puck carrier for the opposing team.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forecheck