a person who verifies or examines; a piece used in the game of checkers; a pattern of squares
from check + -er, ultimately from Persian shāh 'king' (as in chess), referring to the checkered board pattern
The checker pattern comes from chess boards, and 'checking' someone's work uses the same root - it's all about careful examination, square by square!
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