Etymology

podium

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Today it means: A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais. Full definition →

Latin podium ← Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion) ← Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Ancient Greekπούς (poús)
  4. Ancient Greekπόδιον (pódion)
  5. Latinpodium
  6. English todaypodium

Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew.

Words from the same roots

Latinpodium all →

poy

Ancient Greekπόδιον all →

pew

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