Etymograph

English

hoverchair

From hover + chair.

A compound of hover + chair

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂

Proto-Hellenic *hédrā

Ancient Greek ἕδρα ‘seat, abode, throne’

Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ ‘seat’

Latin cathedra

Old French chaiere

Middle English chayere ‘a litter or palanquin’

English chair

Today it means

noun A chair that levitates.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hoverchair