English
pediatrics
Pediatrics comes from Ancient Greek παῖς ‘child’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘few, little, small’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂w-‘few, little, small’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂widsreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pā́wits‘child’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαῖςpaîs‘child’
- Englishtodaypediatrics
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂w-‘few, little, small’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂widsreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pā́wits‘child’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαῖςpaîs‘child’
- Englishtodaypediatrics
Formed from ped + -iatrics
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘few, little, small’
few, poor, fewer, pose, pause, puppy, pupil, puppet, pave, filly, menopausal, paucity, pupa, posada, puerile, 31 more
through Ancient Greek παῖς ‘child’
Today it means
noun The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- / pediatrics