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...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “pedant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpedoI furnish with feet, foot; prop up trees or...
2Latinpesa foot, "in its senses as"; a place to tread...
3Proto-Italicpetsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →