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Body Language: Ped, Pod ("Foot")

Thu Jun 04 14:46:06 EDT 2015
By Vocabulary.com (NY)Visual Thesaurus Moderator
You're sure to get off on the right foot when you learn this list of words that derive from the Latin word pes and the Greek word podi, both meaning "foot."

Want to dissect more English words related to anatomy? Here are links to our complete set of Body Language lists:
Corp ("Body") / Capit, Capt ("Head") / Or, Os ("Mouth") / Dent, Dont ("Tooth") / Gastr, Gastro ("Stomach") / Neur ("Nerve") / Man ("Hand") / Ped, Pod ("Foot") / Derm ("Skin") / Carn ("Flesh") / Os, Osteo ("Bone") / Cor, Cord, Cardio ("Heart") / Psych ("Mind")
pedicure
ped + cura ("care")
Shamso offers haircuts, manicures, pedicures and massages, as well as henna body art and hijab wraps.
pedestrian
pedes ("foot walker") + ian (suffix forming adjectives)
Portland’s Esplanade is a path for cyclists and pedestrians, and it goes along the Willamette River.
peon
pedes ("foot walker")
Originally also known as a pedestrian or pawn, a peon was a foot soldier. Its current spelling and connection to menial labor in all fields came about during its passage through colonized countries whose populations were forced to work for their conquerors.
I lived in the mine, in a wooden shack with a zinc roof that I built myself with the help of a few peons.
pedal
The word's original meaning as an adjective is hardly used anymore (unlike its counterpart, manual).
The Google cars can operate without a steering wheel, accelerator pedal or brake pedal.
bipedalism
bi (prefix meaning "two") + ped + ism (suffix meaning "practice or system")
The fossilized trackway, unveiled on Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, is the oldest direct evidence of bipedalism, or moving on two legs, in lizards.
quadruped
quadri (prefix meaning "four") + ped
As quadrupeds stride, they are able to spread the force of the impact across four sets of muscles.
arthropod
arthron ("joint") + pod
A number of animals are named according to the the shapes or locations of their feet: gastropod (snail with foot near stomach), brachiopod (mollusk with a long spiral arm that acts like a foot to anchor it to the seabed), cephalopod (mollusk that's mostly head and feet, such as an octopus), ornithopod (dinosaur that had bird-like feet).
A new study finds that insects, millipedes, and other arthropods consume thousands of kilograms of food litter every year, at least in New York City.
antipode
anti (prefix meaning "opposite") + pod
The word literally translates to "with feet opposite ours." It used to refer only to people who lived on opposite sides of the world, but now can refer to any two people, places, things, or ideas that are opposite in nature.
They were as alike as two peas in some ways and the antipodes in others.
impediment
im (prefix meaning "into") + ped + ment (suffix forming nouns)
If a wheel strikes against a stone or other impediment, while in quick motion, it turns the cart with a violent jerk, and often throws them down with more or less injury.
pedigree
ped + grus ("crane")
The connection between the the Latin roots and the meaning of this word can be found in 15th-century manuscripts. To indicate descent, a forked line was used. This sign, in addition to looking like the branches of a genealogical chart, looked like a bird's footprint.
She's got a pedigree that goes back to Salem, but keeps her powers on the back burner; he's the scion of an old French line and a one-time pal of Charles Darwin.
pedestal
ped + stellein ("to arrange or order")
Vases of flowers adorn marble pedestals around the edges of the restaurant.
podium
podion (Greek: "foot of a vase"), podium (Latin: "base of a pedestal")
And so there I was, on the podium, the names of my classmates having been recited, accomplishments categorized and recognized, protocols followed.
podiatrist
pod + iatry (suffix meaning "medical treatment") + ist (suffix meaning "one who does")
“Many travelers fail to recognize the importance of choosing the right socks,” says Jane Andersen, a Chapel Hill, N.C., podiatrist and president of the North Carolina Foot & Ankle Society.
pessimist
ped + samo (superlative related to "great") + ist (suffix meaning "one who does s")
It’s been said of life on the sea — “the pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

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