Etymograph

English

chairbound

Chairbound comes from Proto-Germanic *būaną ‘to dwell, reside’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*būaną‘to dwell, reside’next step skipped: Old Norse búa
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350búinn
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bownde
  5. Englishtodaychairbound

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*būaną‘to dwell, reside’next step skipped: Old Norse búa
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350búinn
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bownde
  5. Englishtodaychairbound

A compound of chair + -bound

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ ‘seat’

Latin cathedra ‘seat’

Old French chaiere

Middle English chayere ‘a litter or palanquin’

English chair

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

be, been, power, possible, future, present, build, physical, improve, presence, essential, bush, absence, contribution, bond, physician, entity, approve, probability, absent, favorable, distribute, contributor, fiat, favourable, retribution, attribution, bun, imp, rebuke, bouquet, impotent, impossibility, bower, aren, beamer, phylogeny, physic, bosque, phylum, 82 more

through Proto-Germanic *būaną ‘to dwell, reside’

booth, bondage, busk, 5 more

Today it means

adj Unable to leave one's chair.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / chairbound

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