CHAIR (English words related to Greek words)

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The word chair came into English from the old French chaire created fom the Latin cathedra (cadeira --> chaere), which is related to the Greek καθέδÏ￾α (kathedra; chair, seat).

From the same root: cathedra, cathedral, ex cathedra

In modern Greek:
a) καθέδÏ￾α: cathedra [kathedra]
β) καθεδÏ￾ικός (ναός): cathedral [kathedrikos naos]
γ) από καθέδÏ￾ας: ex cathedra [apo kathedras]

καθέδÏ￾α (kathedra) - cathedra --> cadeira --> chaere --> chaire --> chair

See the blog 'English words of no apparent Greek origin' at: http://ewonago.blogspot.com/