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minus-squaresp3ctr4llinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoSorry to rain on the parade… but ya’ll know that the prefix indicating something pertains to the foot or ankle is pod-, right? Podiatry. Podiatrist. Ped- refers to children. Pediatrician. Pediatrics.
minus-squaresp3ctr4llinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoSo I looked into this a bit and… it appears to be based on whether a word is using Latin or Greek as its etymological basis, for words pertaining to feet. In Latin… it is ped-… but in Greek… it is pod-. … And, you are correct, English has a mish mash of both. But also, a lot of English words referring to children use the Greek derived ped- or pedo- to refer to… children. …Which is why in British English, the spelling ‘paed-’ is used, to minimize this confusion. But us clever Americans dropped that, rofl.
Feet causing you problems?
Pedantics.
Gotta call a toe truck
Sorry to rain on the parade… but ya’ll know that the prefix indicating something pertains to the foot or ankle is pod-, right?
Podiatry. Podiatrist.
Ped- refers to children.
Pediatrician. Pediatrics.
Wait… what is a pedometer counting???
So I looked into this a bit and…
it appears to be based on whether a word is using Latin or Greek as its etymological basis, for words pertaining to feet.
In Latin… it is ped-… but in Greek… it is pod-.
… And, you are correct, English has a mish mash of both.
But also, a lot of English words referring to children use the Greek derived ped- or pedo- to refer to… children.
…Which is why in British English, the spelling ‘paed-’ is used, to minimize this confusion.
But us clever Americans dropped that, rofl.