## Examples
- The marble statue rested on a tall stone pedestal in the museum hall.
- She put her grandmother on a pedestal and refused to hear a word against her.

## Derived Forms
- pedestalization
- pedestalize
- place
- set
- unpedestal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ped-
- Root: piedistallo

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French piédestal, itself borrowed from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”). Spelling influenced by Latin pēs, pedem.

## AI Etymology
Pedestal is borrowed from Middle French piédestal, itself borrowed from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”). Spelling influenced by Latin pēs, pedem. Important recorded forms include *ped- (Proto-Indo-European) and piedistallo (Italian). Current senses include a base on which a statue, column, or vase stands and a position of great admiration or assumed superiority. The wider family includes derived forms such as pedestalization, pedestalize, place, set, and unpedestal.

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- Space, Position & Direction
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