Proto-Italic

*pets

‘foot’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *pets.

30 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *pets, most familiar first.

• pie ← pedem
• pioneer ← pionnier ← peonier ← peon ← pedō
• pedestrian ← pedester ← pedes ← pēs
• pedal ← pédale ← pedale ← pedālis ← pēs
• pawn ← pown ← poun ← pedōnem
• pedigree ← pé de grue ← pes
• impede ← impediō ← pēs
• pes
• centipede ← centipeda ← pēs
• pedicure ← pes
• petiole ← petiolus ← pēs
• peon ← pion ← pedo ← pēs

More words from *pets

• pedometer
• pedicel
• pedicle
• biped
• quadruped
• trivet
• quadrupedal
• pedalo
• pedale
• peones
• pedicellaria
• pedum
• pedomotive
• pedage
• quadrupedy
• quadrupedism
• sesquipedal
• suppedaneous

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *pets