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footstool

noun
/ˈfʊtˌstuːl/

Etymology

From foot + stool.

  1. inherited from *stoh₂los✻
  2. inherited from *stōlaz✻ — “chair”
  3. inherited from *stōl✻
  4. inherited from stōl — “chair, seat, throne”
  5. inherited from stool
  6. compounded as footstool — “foot + stool”

Definitions

  1. A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

    • In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven.

  2. Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient.

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Derived

footstooled

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA