Etymology

chaise longue

Today it means: A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest. Full definition →

French chaise longue
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromchaise longue
  2. English todaychaise longue

Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchchaise longue all →

chaise lounge

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.