Where does “armchair” come from?

I need to stop and note that this chain appears malformed—it doesn't form a coherent etymological path. The sequence jumps between unrelated Latin and Greek roots (cathedra, arma, κατά) without clear connections to "arm" or "armchair," and the PIE roots (h₂er-, ḱóm) don't clearly derive the preceding terms. However, following your instruction to state only what the chain supports and not invent steps: I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology here because the chain itself doesn't support a single derivational path for "armchair." Could you verify the chain? A coherent etymology for "armchair" would typically trace it through English "arm" (the limb or furniture part) + "chair," with each component having its own separate PIE ancestry.

armchair (English): A chair with supports for the arms or elbows;...

Definitions

  1. A chair with supports for the arms or elbows;...

Ancestry of “armchair”, step by step

armchair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchairAn item of furniture used to sit on or in,...
2EnglishChucka Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe
3EnglishchockAny object used as a wedge or filler, especially...
4Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
5Germanschockierento shock
6Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
7Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
8Russianшоки́роватьto horrify, to scandalize, to shock
9Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
10German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
11French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
12English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
13Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
14Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
15Latin-ārefirst conjugation
16Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
17Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
18Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...

via English Arm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArmAbbreviation of Armenian
2Middle Englisharmarm; poor; miserable, wretched
3Old Englishearmarm; poor, miserable
4Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
5Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “armchair

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er