Chair etymology

French

French word chair comes from Gaulish carros (Wagon.), Gaulish karros, Gaulish *karros, Gaulish karró-, Latin caro (Body. Flesh, meat. Pulp of a fruit.)

Etymology of chair

Detailed word origin of chair

Dictionary entry Language Definition
carros Gaulish (cel-gau) Wagon.
karros Gaulish (cel-gau)
*karros Gaulish (cel-gau)
karró- Gaulish (cel-gau)
caro Latin (lat) Body. Flesh, meat. Pulp of a fruit.
carrus Latin (lat) (Medieval) a load, an English unit of weight. A cartload, a wagonload. A wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart.
carn Old French (fro) (early, _, Anglo-Norman) (flesh).
char Middle French (frm) Flesh.
chair French (fr) Flesh.

Words with the same origin as chair

Descendants of carros

chariot