English
pedicle
Pedicle comes from Latin pedīculus ‘little foot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pets‘foot’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēs‘foot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedīculus‘little foot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859pedicle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pets‘foot’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēs‘foot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedīculus‘little foot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859pedicle
Earliest quotation: 1859, Joseph Maclise: “--Figure 3. Fig. 4, Plate 58, represents the neck…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
pilot, fetch, expedition, footing, impeachment, footed, fet, expedite, ped, fetter, pada, 50 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
feet, foot, podium, pew, pug, baht, puy, poy, tripos, 39 more
through Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’
through Latin pēs ‘foot’
pioneer, pedestrian, pedal, pedigree, pes, impede, impediment, centipede, petiole, peon, pedometer, expeditious, biped, 14 more
Today it means
noun A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / pedicle