Where does “pult” come from?

pult (Romanian) comes from Hungarian pult, from German pult, from Middle High German pulpet, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Old French pulpite.

pult (Romanian): desk, counter

Definitions

  1. desk, counter

Ancestry of “pult”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpultdesk, counter
2Germanpultinflection of pulen: ## second-person plural...
3Middle High Germanpulpet
4Latinpulpitumplatform, scaffold, or pulpit for public...
5Latinpulpitanominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural...
6Old Frenchpulpite
Every word from Old French pulpite
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