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Re: Whats the meaning of my name
In the Czech Republic, "Po" means after (it appears in many names", and "dest" (such as in the word for umbrella, "destnik", means rain. There are actual names Podest here in Czech Republic as per the phone book that I have in my posession. When I asked my wife what it meant, she replied, chuckling, "after rain".
When I heard the name for John Podesta, one of the criminals supporting Hillary Clinton and I believe he has a brother that worked for the PR agency that was responsible for thee facetious "Steele dossier", I immediately thought it to be a name of Czech origin.
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Podest in western slavic languages appears to be a direct borrowing from German Podest, from Latin podium, "bench, seating in an amphitheater/stadium"
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