pedestal
puh-DES-tuhl · noun
Origin
English borrowed pedestal from Middle French piédestal, which itself came from Italian piedistallo, literally "foot stand." The spelling was later reshaped by the Latin word for foot, pēs/pedem.
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Related words
The Latin root pēs, pedem ("foot") that shaped this word's spelling is the same root behind other foot-related English words.
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From Italian