Etymology

cochairwoman

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Today it means: A joint chairwoman. Full definition →

English chairwoman ← Middle English woman ← Old English wīfmann
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  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. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  22. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  23. Old Englishwīf
  24. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  25. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  26. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  27. Old Englishmann
  28. Old Englishwīfmann
  29. Middle Englishwoman
  30. Englishchairwoman
  31. English todaycochairwoman

From co- + chairwoman.

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