faldistolium
Latin
    
    Alternative forms
    
- faudistōlium, faldestōlium, faltestōlium, faldistalium, faldistōrium
 
Etymology
    
Borrowed from Frankish *faldistōl (“folding-stool, folding-chair”).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fal.disˈtoː.li.um/, [fäɫ̪d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪oːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
 - (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fal.disˈto.li.um/, [fäl̪d̪isˈt̪ɔːlium]
 
Noun
    
faldistōlium n (genitive faldistōliī or faldistōlī); second declension[1]
Declension
    
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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)
 
 
 - Middle French: faulxdestueil, fauldesteul, fausdestueil
 - Italian: faldistorio
 - Portuguese: faldistório
 - Spanish: faldistorio
 - → English: faldstool, foldstool; faldistory
 
References
    
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “faldistolium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 406
 
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