Where does “bedchamber” come from?
Bedchamber comes from Middle English bedchaumbre, a compound of bed and chaumbre meaning a sleeping room.
bedchamber (English): A bedroom
Definitions
- A bedroom
Ancestry of “bedchamber”, step by step
bedchamber traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English bed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 2 | Middle English | bed | A place of rest or sleep |
| 3 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 5 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 6 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English chamber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chamber | A room or set of rooms, "particularly"; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | chambre | room; chamber; Alternative form of caumber |
| 3 | Old French | chambre | room; chamber; bedroom, sleeping quarters |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Middle English bedchambre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bedchambre | — |