Morpheme
Pedestal
Type
free base
Denotation
foot stand
Etymology
French piédestal; Italian piedistallo, from pie + di + stallo
Evidence
pedestal, pedestaled, pedestaling, pedestalled, pedestalling, pedestals
Notes
spelling influenced by Ped(e) from Latin pedis, pedēs, from pēs
<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes
