-ped


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-ped

or -pede
suff.
Foot: maxilliped.
[From Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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-ped

or

-pede

n combining form
foot or feet: quadruped; centipede.
[from Latin pēs, ped- foot]
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ped-

or paed-

var. of pedo- before a vowel: pedagogue.

-ped

a combining form with the meaning “having a foot” of the kind specified by the initial element: pinniped.
Compare -pod.
[< Latin -ped-, s. of -pēs -footed, adj. derivative of pēs foot]

ped.

1. pedal.
2. pedestal.
3. pedestrian.
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