facistol.
lectern
Meaning & usage
lectern
faldstool
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *faldiz Proto-West Germanic *faldi Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂los Proto-Germanic *stōlaz Proto-West Germanic *stōl Frankish *faldistōlbor. Old Occitan faldestolbor. Old Galician-Portuguese cacistalinflu. Spanish facistol Borrowed from Old Occitan faldestol (“lectern”), from Frankish *faldistōl (“folding chair”). Change from /ld/ to /θ/ can be explained by influence from Old Galician-Portuguese cacistal (“candlestick”), whence modern Portuguese castiçal.
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