πέδον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *pṓds (the source of πούς (poús, foot)). Cognates include Sanskrit पद (padá, step, footstep, footprint), Old Norse fet (step), Old Armenian հետ (het, footprint, track), and Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (pēdan).

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Noun

πέδον (pédon) n (genitive πέδου); second declension

  1. ground, earth

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