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trivet
trivet:
see
foot
trivet (n.)
three-legged iron stand, 12c.,
trefet
, probably from a noun use of Latin
tripedem
(nominative
tripes
) "three-footed," from
tri-
"three" (see
three
) +
pes
"foot," from PIE root
*ped-
(1) "a foot" (see
foot
(n.)).