English
telecheck
From tele- + check.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’
Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
English tele-
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 A check (financial instrument) that is not written out and signed by the drawer, but verbally authorized over the telephone and then printed and stamped by the payee.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “telecheck”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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