faldistolium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • faldestōlium, faldestōrium, faldistalium, faldistōrium, faltestōlium, faudistōlium

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *faldistōl (“folding-stool, folding-chair”).

Pronunciation

Noun

faldistōlium n (genitive faldistōliī or faldistōlī); second declension[1]

  1. (Medieval Latin) folding chair, faldstool

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative faldistōlium faldistōlia
genitive faldistōliī
faldistōlī1 		faldistōliōrum
dative faldistōliō faldistōliīs
accusative faldistōlium faldistōlia
ablative faldistōliō faldistōliīs
vocative faldistōlium faldistōlia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Catalan: faldistori
  • Old French: faudestuel, faldestoed, faldestor
    • Middle French: faulxdestueil, fauldesteul, fausdestueil
      • French: fauteuil (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: faldistorio
  • Portuguese: faldistório
  • Spanish: faldistorio
  • → English: faldstool, foldstool; faldistory

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “faldistolium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 406
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