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Posted: 08 May 2014

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Under the greenwood tree
1701, "pleasure carriage," from French chaise "chair" (15c.), dialectal variant of chaire (see chair (n.)) due to 15c.-16c. Parisian accent swapping of -r- and -s-, a habit often satirized by French writers. French chair and chaise then took respectively the senses of "high seat, throne, pulpit" and "chair, seat." Chaise lounge (1800) is corruption of French chaise longue "long chair," the second word confused in English with lounge.


HBM & Have a great week

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 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
HBM Dinesh!
2 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Lovely sunny place for a rest.
HBM and a nice week ahead.
2 years ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
I really like your interesting linguistic explanation, always interesting to know where words come from... HBM Dinesh.
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Very interesting linguistic explanation, I am always very demanding of that kind of knowledge.
Obrigada Dinesh, HBM
2 years ago.

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