Etymology

chairholder

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Today it means: One who holds the role of academic chair. Full definition →

English holder ← Middle English holden ← Old English healdan
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  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-Germanic*haldaną
  16. Proto-West Germanic*haldan
  17. Old Englishhealdan
  18. Middle Englishholden
  19. Englishhold
  20. Englishholder
  21. English todaychairholder

From chair + holder.

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