Where does “pedał” come from?
pedał (Polish) comes from Polish pederasta, from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής, from Ancient Greek ἐραστής, from Ancient Greek -στης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
pedał (Polish): pedal; faggot
Definitions
- pedal; faggot
Ancestry of “pedał”, step by step
pedał traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish pederasta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pederasta | gay man; pederast |
| 2 | French | pédéraste | pederast; homosexual |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παιδεραστής | lover of boys, pederast |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐραστής | lover, erastes; fan, adherent, admirer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -στης | Alternative form of -της |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Italian pedale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pedale | pedal; treadle; foot |
| 2 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |