Etymology

sunchair

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Today it means: Synonym of sunlounger. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*sunnô
  3. Proto-Germanic*sunnǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sunnā
  5. Old Englishsunne
  6. Middle Englishsonne
  7. Englishsun
  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 todaysunchair

From sun + chair.

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