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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pedometer. Pediatrician. Pedal. Pedagogy. Pedestrian. What do all these words have in common? Unfortunately, the obvious answer isn\u2019t quite correct. Although all these words contain \u201cped-,\u201d they actually come from two different roots that, by an unhappy accident, are identical in most circumstances. The Latin \u201cped-\u201d means \u201cfoot;\u201d the Greek \u201cped-\u201d means \u201cchild.\u201d Depending on the dialect of English you\u2019ve studied, you may or may not have encountered this problem. Sometimes, for example, in UK English, the Greek root is spelled \u201cpaed,\u201d which eliminates the confusion altogether. Alas, we Americans are not so kind, so you\u2019ll have to either learn all the words that use this root individually, or you\u2019ll have to learn to recognize Greek or Latin roots that are often combined with \u201cped-\u201d in order to decide which meaning of the root is being used.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s not too hard to remember this meaning because of the word pedal<\/i>. That\u2019s the part of a car or bike where you press your foot to go and stop. A pedometer<\/i> is a device that measures the number of steps you take or the distance you walk. A pedestrian<\/i> is a person who is traveling on foot, as opposed to by transport. At many intersections, you can see \u201cPedestrian Xing,\u201d zones, (\u201cxing\u201d is short for \u201ccrossing\u201d), known in some places as \u201czebra crossings.\u201d<\/p>\n
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You may have heard the word pediatrician<\/i>, a doctor who treats only children. Pedagogy<\/i> combines \u201cped-\u201d with \u201cgog-\u201d, another Greek root that has to do with leadership. So pedagogy<\/i> is the leading of children or, less literally, teaching. Pedantic <\/i>has similar etymology: it refers to a nitpicky or overly detailed teacher. In common usage, someone who adheres to rules or requires the same adherance from others even when it\u2019s really unnecessary could be described as pedantic. <\/i><\/p>\n
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Above I have given you the forms of these words that you\u2019re most likely to encounter in your reading or listening. But you will sometimes run into a less common form. Check out the table below to get a quick overview of less common forms of the words I discussed in this blog.<\/p>\n
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Pedometer. Pediatrician. Pedal. Pedagogy. Pedestrian. What do all these words have in common? Unfortunately, the obvious answer isn\u2019t quite correct. Although all these words contain \u201cped-,\u201d they actually come from two different roots that, by an unhappy accident, are identical in most circumstances. The Latin \u201cped-\u201d means \u201cfoot;\u201d the Greek \u201cped-\u201d means \u201cchild.\u201d Depending on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13604],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[13632],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocab"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n