faldistolium
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Frankish *faldistōl (“folding-stool, folding-chair”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fal.disˈtoː.li.um/, [fäɫ̪d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪oːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fal.disˈto.li.um/, [fäl̪d̪isˈt̪ɔːlium]
Noun
editfaldistōlium n (genitive faldistōliī or faldistōlī); second declension[1]
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faldistōlium | faldistōlia |
Genitive | faldistōliī faldistōlī1 |
faldistōliōrum |
Dative | faldistōliō | faldistōliīs |
Accusative | faldistōlium | faldistōlia |
Ablative | faldistōliō | faldistōliīs |
Vocative | faldistōlium | faldistōlia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- Catalan: faldistori
- Old French: faudestuel, faldestoed, faldestor
- Middle French: faulxdestueil, fauldesteul, fausdestueil
- French: fauteuil (see there for further descendants)
- Middle French: faulxdestueil, fauldesteul, fausdestueil
- Italian: faldistorio
- Portuguese: faldistório
- Spanish: faldistorio
- → English: faldstool, foldstool; faldistory
References
edit- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “faldistolium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 406