Where does “pupitre” come from?

pupitre (Spanish) comes from French pupitre, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Old French pulpite.

pupitre (Spanish): A student desk

Definitions

  1. A student desk

Ancestry of “pupitre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpupitrepupil's desk, school desk; console, control...
2Latinpulpitumplatform, scaffold, or pulpit for public...
3Latinpulpitanominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural...
4Old Frenchpulpite—

Words derived from “pupitre”

Every word from Old French pulpite →Every word from Latin pulpita →Every word from Latin pulpitum →