Pedo
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Pedo- or Paedo-[1] is a prefix meaning relating to children from the Greek word pais (παῖς), meaning child or slave,[2] which derived from the Proto-Indo European base word *peu-, meaning "small," "young" or "few,"[1] It also relates to words derived from the Proto-Indo European word *ped-, meaning "foot,"[3] such as the Latin prefix ped-, also meaning foot,[4] and the Greek word for soil pedon (πέδον)[5][6]
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Relating to children
- Pedology, study of children
- Pedophilia (slang:"pedo"), attraction to children
- Pediatrics, branch of medicine about children
- Pedagogy, study of teaching
- Pederasty, older man and adolescent boy relationship
Relating to soil
- Pedology study of soil
- Pedometrics study of soil formation
- ped unit of soil
- pedalfer soil with aluminum and iron oxides
- pedon smallest unit of soil that exemplifies its character
Persons
- Albinovanus Pedo, Roman poet of the Augustan age
References
- ^ a b Online Etymology Dictionary. (2010). Pedo- Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pedo-
- ^ Search God's Words. (2011). The New Testament's Greek Lexicon. Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3816
- ^ Nostratica. *ped-. Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/phonetics/word10.html
- ^ EnglishWordInformation. ped- pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia. Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://wordinfo.info/unit/2801/ip:3/il:P
- ^ My Etymology.(2008). Etymology of the Greek word pedon (πηδόν, πέδον) Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://www.myetymology.com/greek/pedon.html
- ^ EnglishWordInformation. pedo-,ped-. Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://wordinfo.info/unit/1590
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