lec·tern 
(lĕktərn)
(lĕktərn)n.
1. A reading desk with a slanted top used to hold a sacred text from which passages are read in a religious service.
2. A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.
[Middle English lettorne, lectorn, from Old French lettrun, from Medieval Latin lēctrīnum, from Late Latin lēctrum, from Latin lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- Indo-European root: au-
- Indo-European root: aug-
- Indo-European root: aus-
- Indo-European root: awi-
- Indo-European root: awo-
- Indo-European root: ayer-
- Indo-European root: ayes-
- Indo-European root: bak-
- Indo-European root: bel-
- Indo-European root: bha-bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhad-
- Indo-European root: bhag-
- Indo-European root: bhardh-ā-
- Indo-European root: bhares-
- Indo-European root: bhau-
- Indo-European root: bhegw-
- Indo-European root: bhei-
- Indo-European root: bheid-
- Indo-European root: bheidh-
- Indo-European root: bhel-
- Indo-European root: bhel-
- Indo-European root: bhel-
- Indo-European root: bhelgh-
- Indo-European root: bhendh-
- Indo-European root: bher-