Ped-

Peda-, pedi-, and pedo- are prefixes that comes from the Greek prefix “παίδ-”(pais) commonly meaning boys[1] as well as children[2], although contemporarily, it is more associated with the word children, see e.g.:

Pedo- can also refer to soil:

Ped- and pedo- can also refer to foot:

References

  1. ↑ Marguerite Johnson,Terry Ryan: Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A Sourcebook, p.110
  2. ↑ "Liddell and Scott," 1968 p.585
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