Etymology

stepchair

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Today it means: A chair that has an inbuilt set of steps, allowing its use as a stepladder, or a child's highchair with the child climbing the steps. Full definition →

English chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere
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  1. Proto-Germanic*stapiz
  2. Proto-Germanic*stappōnąbf.
  3. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
  5. Old Englishstæppan
  6. Middle Englishsteppen
  7. Englishstep
  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 todaystepchair

From step + chair.

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