Etymology

cochair

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Today it means: Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs. Full definition →

English chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  10. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  11. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  14. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  15. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  16. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  17. Latincathedra
  18. Old Frenchchaiere
  19. Middle Englishchayere
  20. Englishchair
  21. English todaycochair

From co- + chair.

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