Etymograph

English

pedion

Pedion comes from Ancient Greek πεδίον ‘plain, field’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘trace, footstep’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-1‘trace, footstep’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπεδίον2pedíon‘plain, field’
  3. Englishtodaypedion2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πεδίον
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English pedion

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πεδίον‘trace, footstep’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπεδίονWiktionary, English pedionpedíon‘plain, field’
  3. EnglishtodaypedionWiktionary, English pedion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘trace, footstep’

feet, foot, pilot, pie, fetch, pawn, pioneer, impeachment, podium, pedestrian, expedition, pug, pedal, pew, baht, pedigree, fet, pes, impede, impediment, expedite, centipede, puy, ped, pedicure, fetter, pada, poy, tripos, petiole, pedometer, peon, quadruped, biped, pedicel, pedicle, 49 more

Today it means

noun An asymmetric triclinic crystal form that only has one face.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pedion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek πεδίον. 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- / pedion

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