English
pedum
Pedum comes from Latin pedum ‘a shepherd's crook, sheephook’, from pēs ‘foot’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-1‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds2‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pets2‘foot’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēs3‘foot’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedum4‘a shepherd's crook, sheephook’
- Englishtodaypedum4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin pes
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin pedum
- 4 Wiktionary, English pedum
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓdsWiktionary, Latin pes‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*petsWiktionary, Latin pes‘foot’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēsWiktionary, Latin pedum‘foot’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedumWiktionary, English pedum‘a shepherd's crook, sheephook’
- EnglishtodaypedumWiktionary, English pedum
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
pilot, fetch, expedition, footing, impeachment, footed, fet, expedite, fetter, pada, ped, 47 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
feet, foot, podium, pug, pew, baht, puy, poy, tripos, 36 more
through Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’
through Latin pēs ‘foot’
pioneer, pedestrian, pedal, pedigree, impediment, pes, impede, centipede, pedicure, petiole, peon, expeditious, pedometer, pedicel, pedicle, biped, 11 more
Today it means
noun A shepherd's crook.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pedum”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *pṓds, Latin pes, Latin pedum. 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- / pedum