noun, masculine/faθisˈtol/plural: facistoles
lectern; faldstool
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *faldiz Proto-West Germanic *faldi Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂los Proto-Germanic *stōlaz Proto-West Germanic *stōl Frankish *faldistōlbor. Old Occitan faldestolbor. Old Galician-Portuguese cacistalinflu. Spanish facistol Borrowed from Old Occitan faldestol (“lectern”), from Frankish *faldistōl (“folding chair”). Change from /ld/ to /θ/ can be explained by influence from Old Galician-Portuguese cacistal (“candlestick”), whence modern Po