Etymology

hoverchair

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Today it means: A chair that levitates. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishhover
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  5. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  6. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  9. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  10. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  11. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  12. Latincathedra
  13. Old Frenchchaiere
  14. Middle Englishchayere
  15. Englishchair
  16. English todayhoverchair

From hover + chair.

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