köken: Inherited from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] conquered”). Perhaps conflated with Arabic مَاتَ (māta, “to die”).
köken: Borrowed from French mat, short for échec et mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ (šāhu māta), ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is amazed”).
köken: Inherited from Prakrit मत्ता (mattā), from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tram, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-tro-m (“measurement”).
köken: From Dutch schaakmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Persian شاه مات (“šâh mât, the king is dead”). Equivalent to syah + mati. Doublet of emat.