Where does “pedal” come from?
Pedal comes from French pédale, from Latin pes meaning foot, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ped- meaning foot.
pedal (English): A lever operated by one's foot that is used to...
Definitions
- A lever operated by one's foot that is used to...
Ancestry of “pedal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pédale | pedal; queer, homo; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | pedale | pedal; treadle; foot |
| 3 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |