Where does “pedalo” come from?
pedalo (Italian) comes from French pédalo, from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedalis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pedalo (Italian): third-person singular past historic of pedalare;...
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of pedalare;...
Ancestry of “pedalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pédalo | pedalo |
| 2 | French | pédale | pedal; queer, homo; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | pedale | pedal; treadle; foot |
| 4 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |