{"id":19699,"date":"2020-08-29T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=19699"},"modified":"2020-08-29T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T12:44:40","slug":"are-you-sitting-comfortably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=19699","title":{"rendered":"Are you sitting comfortably?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the words that came up this week in the French Conversation Group I&#8217;m part of was <strong>chaire<\/strong> [\u0283\u025b\u0281], which means chair (a professorship), pulpit, rostrum or throne.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of how it&#8217;s used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chaire \u00e9piscopale = bishop&#8217;s throne<\/li>\n<li>chaire pontificale = papal throne<\/li>\n<li>\u00eatre titulaire d&#8217;une chaire = to have a personal chair \/ to be a professor<\/li>\n<li>sans chaire = untenured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/french-english\/chaire\">Reverso<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chaire<\/strong> comes from the Middle French <em>chaire<\/em> (chair (item of furniture)), from the Old French <em>chaiere, chaere<\/em>, from the Latin <em>cathedra<\/em> (armchair, ceremonial chair, the office or rank of teacher or bishop), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1<\/em> (kath\u00e9dra &#8211; seat; chair; rower&#8217;s seat; posterior, bottom; base of a column; sitting posture; teacher&#8217;s \/ professor&#8217;s chair; imperial throne), from <em>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac<\/em> (kat\u00e1 &#8211; down) and <em>\u1f15\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1<\/em> (h\u00e9dra &#8211; seat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/chaire#French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English words <strong>chair<\/strong> and <strong>chaise<\/strong> come from the same root, via the Old French <em>chaiere, chaere<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/chair#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cathedral<\/strong> comes from the the Late Latin <em>ecclesia cathedralis<\/em> (church of a bishop&#8217;s seat), from the Latin <em>cathedra<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cathedral\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daleklama\/32958103873\/in\/photolist-SdoU3e-avwF8x-VNMoBY-nptBei-X7SyXy-KBtNY2-fdADwh-akkixv-avzqUA-avzqKS-nh88kY-2iV51yx-avwMq8-avzqGS-avzqY1-avwMzH-avzrb9-2bKWgdR-avwMNX-4U4nrE-MKpW8H-fdACPA-hoCkdx-avwMSc-JMWz82-7g7Yrg-2cd21Gg-avzjqU-Ky7Xth-2gqNtB4-663x2A-RYL3wk-Vjo275-rod6UT-i8myZe-2gqNxWM-93awJu-fdmiLv-5V4eeD-RAuqrv-6jitnX-WTc1Zr-98fjxV-2hZxhAC-az2xJj-av72yg-SGZ7uz-5Xbbzz-V8hZQd-pAAWik\" title=\"Cathedrale de Metz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3846\/32958103873_10011a206f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedrale de Metz\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sit<\/strong> comes from the Old English <em>sittan<\/em> (to sit), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*sitjan\u0105<\/em> (to sit), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*sed-<\/em> (to sit), which is also the root of the Ancient Greek word <em>\u1f15\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1<\/em> (seat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sit#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same root include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bengali: <strong>\u0995\u09c7\u09a6\u09be\u09b0\u09be<\/strong> [\u02c8ke.d\u032a\u00e4.\u027e\u00e4\u02d1] = chair<\/li>\n<li>Irish: <strong>cathaoir<\/strong> = chair; seat, throne; stool, stump (of tree)<\/li>\n<li>Italian: <strong>cattedra<\/strong> = desk (of a teacher); teaching post; throne (of a bishop): chair, professorship, chair (<em>archaic<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Portuguese: <strong>cadeira<\/strong> = chair, subject, stall, post, hip<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Gaelic: <strong>cathair<\/strong> = chair, seat, bench throne; town, city<\/li>\n<li>Spanish: <strong>cadera<\/strong> = hip<\/li>\n<li>Welsh: <strong>cadair<\/strong> = chair, seat; (bishop&#8217;s) throne; cathedral; professorship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cathedra#Latin\">Wiktionary<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the words that came up this week in the French Conversation Group I&#8217;m part of was chaire [\u0283\u025b\u0281], which means chair (a professorship), pulpit, rostrum or throne. 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