English

go pedal

From go + pedal.

A compound of go + pedal

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *gāną ‘to go’

Proto-West Germanic *gān ‘to go’

Old English gān ‘to go’

Middle English gon

English go

Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’

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Latin pēs ‘a human foot’

Latin pedālis ‘foot’

Italian pedale

French pédale

English pedal

Today it means

noun Synonym of accelerator, accelerator pedal

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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