Where does “pupitre” come from?
pupitre (Catalan) comes from Spanish pupitre, from French pupitre, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Old French pulpite.
pupitre (Catalan): student desk
Ancestry of “pupitre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | pupitre | A student desk |
| 2 | French | pupitre | pupil's desk, school desk; console, control... |
| 3 | Latin | pulpitum | platform, scaffold, or pulpit for public... |
| 4 | Latin | pulpita | nominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Old French | pulpite | — |