Etymology

pushchair

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Today it means: A small carriage in which a baby or child sits and is pushed around. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pelh₂-
  3. Proto-Italic*pelnō
  4. Latinpellō
  5. Latinpulsō
  6. Old Frenchpoulser
  7. Middle Frenchpousser
  8. Middle Englishpushen
  9. Englishpush
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  13. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  14. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  17. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  18. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  19. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  20. Latincathedra
  21. Old Frenchchaiere
  22. Middle Englishchayere
  23. Englishchair
  24. English todaypushchair

From push + chair.

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