Etymology

chairwork

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Today it means: A technique in which the patient moves between chairs, acting as a different person in each one, so as to understand the point of view of others. Full definition →

English work ← Middle English werk ← Old English weorc
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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*werǵ-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  17. Proto-Germanic*werką
  18. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  19. Old Englishweorc
  20. Middle Englishwerk
  21. Englishwork
  22. English todaychairwork

From chair + work.

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