Etymology

vice-chairperson

English chairperson ← Middle English persoun ← Anglo-Norman persoune
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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. Latinpersōna
  19. Anglo-Normanpersoune
  20. Middle Englishpersoun
  21. Englishperson
  22. Englishchairperson
  23. English todayvice-chairperson

From vice- + chairperson.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.