Etymology

chairoplane

chair·o·plane
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Today it means: A fairground ride, a variation on the carousel in which the chairs are suspended from the rotating top of the carousel. Full definition →

English aeroplane ← French aéroplane ← Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)
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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-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  17. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  18. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  19. Ancient Greekπλανάω (planáō)
  20. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)
  21. Frenchaéroplane
  22. Englishaeroplane
  23. English todaychairoplane

Blend of chair + aeroplane.

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