The root word of podium means foot.
"pod" means foot.
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I'm guessing you are asking about the root for lectern, as there is no such word as lecturn. Lectern is from the Latin word legere which means "to read."
State emphatically Those who are sure of their stance about any matter that they are speaking about, thump on the table or the podium in a bid to assert what they are saying and hence this jargon.
Some words that have the English root ped meaning child in them are pediatric, pediatrician and pedophile. Others include podiatrist, podiatry, pedobaptist and pedocracy.
A podium is a raised platform used to elevate someone from his or her surroundings, traditionally to make them stand out on a stage. In this sense, the word "dais" is a synomym. The word podium has ALSO come to mean a stand used to hold papers (for a lecturer, for example) or music (for a conductor, for instance), so, in this sense, the word "lectern" or "music stand" would be synonyms, depending on the cirumstances.
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To own the podium means that you came first in that perticular event.
I'm guessing you are asking about the root for lectern, as there is no such word as lecturn. Lectern is from the Latin word legere which means "to read."
It can be pod, as in part of a plant.(two peas in a pod) It may also mean the root word pod, meaning foot.
State emphatically Those who are sure of their stance about any matter that they are speaking about, thump on the table or the podium in a bid to assert what they are saying and hence this jargon.
The plural of podium is podiums.
Podium is a noun.
Podium.
The root word for lecture is "lect," which comes from the Latin word "lectus" meaning "to read" or "to choose."
Some words that have the English root ped meaning child in them are pediatric, pediatrician and pedophile. Others include podiatrist, podiatry, pedobaptist and pedocracy.
Own the Podium was created in 2004.
a podium is a piece of wood!