Where does “chair” come from?

chair (Old French) comes from Old French cheoir, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

chair (Old French): alternative infinitive of cheoir

Definitions

  1. alternative infinitive of cheoir

Ancestry of “chair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcheoirto fall; to fall out; to happen
2Latincadēre—
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →