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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

pediment
A. triangular gable-like part crowning a façade XVII;

B. base, foundation XVIII. Earlier pedament, pedement, refash. of periment (XVI), prob. deformation of PYRAMID. Sense B is due to direct assoc. with L. pēs, ped- -FOOT and -MENT, and the present form simulates derivation from these elements.

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