Where does “pedant” come from?
pedant (Latin) comes from Latin pedo, from Latin pes, from Proto-Italic pets, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
pedant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...
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- third-person plural present active indicative of...
Ancestry of “pedant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pedo | I furnish with feet, foot; prop up trees or... |
| 2 | Latin | pes | a foot, "in its senses as"; a place to tread... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pets | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |