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Rook

2 stages from Persian to English.

Today it means a chess piece, also called a castle, that moves horizontally or vertically
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Stage 1 of 2
rukh
Persian · medieval
"a chariot"
a chariot, one of the pieces in the ancient game of chess
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Stage 2 of 2
rook
English · 1300s
"a chess piece moving in straight lines"
settled as the English name for the chess piece shaped like a tower
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