Where does “pulpit” come from?
Pulpit comes from Middle English pulpit, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Ancient Greek πολύποδα, from Ancient Greek πολύπους meaning many-footed, derived from πούς foot and ultimately Proto-Indo-European pṓds and pleh₁-.
pulpit (English): A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed,...
Definitions
- A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed,...
Ancestry of “pulpit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | pulpit | A pulpit; A podium for non-religious oratory; A... |
| 2 | Latin | pulpitum | platform, scaffold, or pulpit for public... |
| 3 | Latin | pulpita | nominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural... |
| 4 | Old French | pulpite | — |
Words derived from “pulpit”