cadera

hip; chair

Inherited from Old Spanish cadera (“chair, throne”), from Vulgar Latin cathégra (attested in Pompeiian inscriptions), variant of Latin cathedra (“armchair”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra. Compare Portuguese cadeira (“chair”), Catalan cadira, Lombard and Piedmontese cadrega, Venetan carega, Modern Greek καρέκλα (karékla).