ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWord partsRootsped/pedo (child)
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ped/pedo (child)
child
Greek pais meant child: a pedagogue once escorted children to school; pediatric care treats children, and encyclopedia preserves the related idea of education.
Words built from it
- pediatric — relating to medical care for children
ped (child) + iatr (healing) + -ic (relating to) - pedagogue — a teacher, especially one who is overly strict or formal
ped (child) + agogue (leader) - encyclopedia — a reference work containing information about many subjects
en- (in) + cycl (circle) + ped (education) + -ia (noun ending) - orthopedics — the branch of medicine concerned with bones, joints, and related structures
ortho (straight) + ped (child) + -ics (field of study)
Looks like it, but is not
- pedestrian — Comes from Latin pes, pedis, 'foot,' rather than Greek pais, paidos, 'child.'
- pedometer — Its ped- means 'foot,' from Latin pes, pedis; the instrument counts steps, not children.
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