Etymology

vice-chair

Today it means: vice chairman, vice chairperson Full definition →

English chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyk-
  2. Latinvice
  3. Englishvice-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  8. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  11. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  12. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  13. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  14. Latincathedra
  15. Old Frenchchaiere
  16. Middle Englishchayere
  17. Englishchair
  18. English todayvice-chair

From vice- + chair.

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