facistol

Spanish

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Germanic *faldiz
    Frankish *faldi
    Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.
    Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂los
    Proto-Germanic *stōlaz
    Frankish *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.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /faθisˈtol/ [fa.θisˈt̪ol] (Spain)
    • IPA(key): /fasisˈtol/ [fa.sisˈt̪ol] (Latin America, Philippines)
    • Rhymes: -ol
    • Syllabification: fa‧cis‧tol

    Noun

    facistol m (plural facistoles)

    1. lectern
    2. (obsolete) faldstool

    References

    1. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961), “facistol”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 265

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