English
chairside
Chairside comes from Middle English chayere ‘a litter or palanquin’, from Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ ‘seat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sedreh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hédrāreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕδραhédra‘seat, abode, throne’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκᾰθέδρᾱkăthédrā‘seat’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcathedra
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chaiere
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chayere‘a litter or palanquin’
- English1500–presentchair
- Englishearliest quotation 1990chairside
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sedreh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hédrāreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕδραhédra‘seat, abode, throne’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκᾰθέδρᾱkăthédrā‘seat’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcathedra
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chaiere
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chayere‘a litter or palanquin’
- English1500–presentchair
- Englishearliest quotation 1990chairside
Earliest quotation: 1990, Dental Management: “Eight percent of the dentists surveyed do not employ…”
A compound of chair + -side
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
…
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 *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, sell, size, seat, method, sitting, sit, session, settle, assess, nest, possess, resident, saddle, siege, exodus, niche, sedan, sediment, nye, subsidy, residual, residue, reside, beset, prasad, soot, sedentary, sedative, setter, insidious, obsess, cathode, sedate, anode, dissident, sate, seance, salo, 94 more
through Ancient Greek ἕδρα ‘seat, abode, throne’
through Latin cathedra
through Old French chaiere
Today it means
adj Happening next to the dental chair during treatment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / chairside