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Where does “ped-yōs” come from?

ped-yōs (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ped-yōs (Proto-Indo-European): to the ground, downward

Definitions

  1. to the ground, downward

Ancestry of “ped-yōs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “ped-yōs”

  • impairment
  • impair
  • peaceable
  • peaceably
  • chickpea
  • peaceableness
  • pejoration
  • unpeaceable
  • pejorate
  • impairer
  • impaireth
  • unimpairable
  • pejorist
  • poissonier
  • appair
  • unpeaceableness
  • unpeaceably
  • impairest
  • impairable
  • empairment
  • pis aller
  • peiorans
  • peioraturus
  • peiorandus
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