Etymograph

English

pedage

Pedage comes from Latin pedāticum ‘a toll for thoroughfare’, from pēs ‘foot’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-1‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds2‘foot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pets2‘foot’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēs3‘foot’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedāticum4as pedagium‘a toll for thoroughfare’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1784pedage4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin pes
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin pedaticum
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English pedage
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1784, Francis Grose, The Antiquities of England and Wales: “He^([Richard III]) also excused them from danegeld, aids, scutage,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓdsWiktionary, Latin pes‘foot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*petsWiktionary, Latin pes‘foot’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēsWiktionary, Latin pedaticum‘foot’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedāticumWiktionary, English pedageas pedagium‘a toll for thoroughfare’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1784pedageWiktionary, English pedage. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1784, Francis Grose, The Antiquities of England and Wales: “He^([Richard III]) also excused them from danegeld, aids, scutage,…”

Equivalent to ped- ‘foot’ + -age

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’

pilot, fetch, expedition, footing, impeachment, footed, fet, expedite, ped, fetter, pada, 47 more

through Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

feet, foot, podium, pug, pew, baht, puy, poy, tripos, 36 more

through Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’

pie, pawn, quadruped, 12 more

through Latin pēs ‘foot’

pioneer, pedestrian, pedigree, pedal, impediment, pes, impede, centipede, pedicure, petiole, peon, expeditious, pedometer, pedicel, pedicle, biped, 11 more

Today it means

noun A toll or tax paid by passengers travelling through a specific place, entitling them to safe conduct and protection.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pedage”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *pṓds, Latin pes, Latin pedaticum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / pedage

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