Etymology

chaircover

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Today it means: A covering for a chair. Full definition →

English cover ← Middle English coveren ← Old French covrir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
  23. Latinoperiō
  24. Latincooperiō
  25. Old Frenchcovrir
  26. Middle Englishcoveren
  27. Englishcover
  28. English todaychaircover

From chair + cover.

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