Etymology

highchair

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Today it means: An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers. Full definition →

English chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kówkos
  3. Proto-Germanic*hauhaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hauh
  5. Old Englishhēah
  6. Middle Englishheigh
  7. Englishhigh
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  11. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  12. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  15. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  16. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  17. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  18. Latincathedra
  19. Old Frenchchaiere
  20. Middle Englishchayere
  21. Englishchair
  22. English todayhighchair

From high + chair.

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