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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English chairward From chair + -ward.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Toward a chair.
in the day of long skirts, a woman leaped chairward at the cry of “mouse!”
1939, Scribner's Magazine:she was in mid-sit, her bottom irretrievably moving chairward
2002, Elaine Dandh, Memsahib:Guy expels a hard, tight-lipped sigh and lets gravity pull him chairward
1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation: A Novel: