Where does “chairmanager” come from?

chairmanager (English) comes from English chairman, from English chair, from English Chuck, from English chock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar — he, she.

chairmanager (English): A person who holds the position of both chairman...

Definitions

  1. A person who holds the position of both chairman...

Ancestry of “chairmanager”, step by step

chairmanager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chairman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchairmanA person presiding over a meeting; The head of a...
2EnglishchairAn item of furniture used to sit on or in,...
3EnglishChucka Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe
4EnglishchockAny object used as a wedge or filler, especially...
5Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
6Germanschockierento shock
7Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
8Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
9Russianшоки́роватьto horrify, to scandalize, to shock
10Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
11German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
12French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
13English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
14Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
15Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
16Latin-ārefirst conjugation
17Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
18Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
19Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
20Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
21Chichewaiyehe, she

via English manager

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmanagerA person whose job is to manage something, such...
2EnglishmanageTo direct or be in charge of; To handle or...
3Middle Englishmanage
4Old Frenchmanegethe handling or training of a horse,...
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er
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