Etymology

bedchair

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Today it means: A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed. Full definition →

English chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*badją
  2. Proto-West Germanic*badi
  3. Old Englishbedd
  4. Middle Englishbed
  5. Englishbed
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  10. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  13. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  14. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  15. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  16. Latincathedra
  17. Old Frenchchaiere
  18. Middle Englishchayere
  19. Englishchair
  20. English todaybedchair

From bed + chair.

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