English
foldstool
Foldstool comes from Medieval Latin faldistōlium ‘folding chair, faldstool’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*faldistōl‘folding chair’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500faldistōlium‘folding chair, faldstool’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853foldstool
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*faldistōl‘folding chair’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500faldistōlium‘folding chair, faldstool’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853foldstool
Earliest quotation: 1853, James Grant, Memoirs of James: “From the vast multitude who crowded the venerable aisles…”
Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to fold’
Proto-Germanic *falþaną ‘to fold’
Proto-West Germanic *falþan ‘to fold’
Old English fealdan ‘to fold’
Middle English folden ‘to fold’
English fold
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
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Proto-Germanic *stōlaz ‘chair’
Proto-West Germanic *stōl ‘stool, chair’
Old English stōl ‘chair, seat’
Middle English stool
English stool
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl
Today it means
noun A folding stool or collapsible seat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl / foldstool