Etymology

stylobate

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Today it means: The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected. Full definition →

Latin stylobata ← Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστυλοβάτης
  2. Latin · borrowed fromstylobata
  3. English todaystylobate

Borrowed from Latin stylobata, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης (stulobátēs), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go, to walk”).

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