armchair
/ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/ · noun
Meaning
- A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
- A position removed from that which one is
- Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
- Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
- To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.
- To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm 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 English armchair From arm + chair.
Related words
Descendant words
- আরামকেদারা(Bengali) (der)
- kursi berlengan(Indonesian) (clq)
- アームチェア(Japanese) (bor)
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