Etymology

powerchair

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Today it means: A motorized wheelchair. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  2. Proto-Italic*potis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  7. Proto-Italic*som
  8. Proto-Italic*possom
  9. Latinposse
  10. Vulgar Latinpotēre
  11. Old Frenchpooir
  12. Anglo-Normanpoer
  13. Middle Englishpower
  14. Englishpower
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  18. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  19. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  20. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  22. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  23. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  24. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  25. Latincathedra
  26. Old Frenchchaiere
  27. Middle Englishchayere
  28. Englishchair
  29. English todaypowerchair

From power + chair.

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