English

stopcheck

From stop + check.

A compound of stop + check

Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn ‘to stop’

Old English stoppian ‘to stop’

Middle English stoppen ‘to stop’

English stop

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

noun Synonym of checkstop (“type of valve”).

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

Etymograph / stopcheck