Where does “pult” come from?
pult (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German pult, from Middle High German pulpet, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Old French pulpite.
pult (Serbo-Croatian): stand (for the notes of a lecturer or conductor)
Definitions
- stand (for the notes of a lecturer or conductor)
Ancestry of “pult”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | pult | inflection of pulen:
## second-person plural... |
| 2 | Middle High German | pulpet | — |
| 3 | Latin | pulpitum | platform, scaffold, or pulpit for public... |
| 4 | Latin | pulpita | nominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Old French | pulpite | — |