Proto-Indo-European

*ped-

‘to walk, to step’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ped-.

86 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ped-, most familiar first.

• feet ← fēt ← *fōtiz ← *pódes ← *pṓds
• foot ← fot ← fōt ← *fōt ← *fōts
• pilot ← pilota ← *πηδώτης ← πηδόν ← *pēd-ó-
• pie ← पाई ← पादिका ← पाद ← पाद॑म्
• expedition ← expeditio ← expediō ← pedis
• pioneer ← pionnier ← peonier ← peon ← pedō
• pedestrian ← pedester ← pedes ← pēs ← *pets
• fetch ← fecchen ← feċċan ← fatian ← *fatōn
• pedal ← pédale ← pedale ← pedālis ← pēs
• podium ← πόδιον ← πούς ← *pṓds
• impeachment ← empechement
• pawn ← pown ← poun ← pedōnem ← *pets

More words from *ped-

• footing
• pew
• pedigree
• footed
• impede
• pug
• expedite
• impediment
• pes
• baht
• ped
• centipede
• fet
• pedicure
• petiole
• peon
• pedometer
• puy
• fetter
• pada
• pedicel
• pedicle
• poy
• tripos
• biped
• quadruped
• fettle
• trivet
• expedience
• quadrupedal
• pedalo
• polypodium
• impedimenta
• pedology
• hexapod
• oppidum
• pous
• appoggiatura
• acanthopodious
• acropodion
• antipous
• babouche
• decapodal
• diapedesis
• dipodal
• footly
• hexapodal
• pedale
• peccant
• peones
• pedicellaria
• pedion
• pedum
• pedomotive
• pedage
• pedesis
• pejority
• petchah
• piedouche
• polypody
• polypus
• poulpe
• podetium
• podite
• pulpitum
• quadrupedy
• quadrupedism
• sesquipedal
• suppedaneous
• tanypezid
• teapoy
• tripus
• tripodes
• trapezitine

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped-