Exquer
/ˈɛks.kwər/noun
An obsolete form of “exchequer,” meaning a treasury or government department concerned with public revenue.
Did you know?The English Exchequer was named for the checkered cloth used as an accounting table, whose squares helped officials calculate taxes and royal revenue.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Persian
Middle Persian
šāh
“King; the royal piece in the game that became chess”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
šāṭranj
“Chess, the strategic board game transmitted through the Islamic world”
11th–12th Century
Old French
eschec
“A check in chess; literally a threat to the king”
12th Century
Anglo-Norman French
eschequier
“A chessboard, and by association the royal accounting office using a checkered table”
13th–14th Century
Middle English
escheker / exchequer
“The royal treasury or financial court; also the checkered accounting table”
Late Middle English
English
exquer
“An obsolete shortened or variant form of “exchequer””
Modern English
English
exchequer
“A national treasury or the government department responsible for public finance”