ped
child
Greek · pais, paidos (παῖς)
Ped or paed comes from Greek pais, a child. Pediatrics is children's medicine, a pedagogue is a teacher who leads children, and encyclopedia once meant a complete 'circle of education'.
Memory trick
Ped here means child, not foot: pediatrics treats children, while a pedal is for your foot.
Words from this root
- pediatrics (ped + iatr + ics) — medical care of childrenबाल चिकित्सा
- pedagogue (ped + agogue) — teacher, leader of childrenशिक्षक
- pedagogic (ped + agog + ic) — relating to teachingशिक्षण संबंधी
- pedagogical (ped + agog + ical) — relating to teaching methodsशिक्षण-पद्धति संबंधी
- pedagogically (ped + agog + ical + ly) — in a way related to teachingशिक्षण के लिहाज़ से
- encyclopedia (en + cyclo + ped + ia) — book covering all fields of knowledgeज्ञानकोश, विश्वकोश
- encyclopedic (en + cyclo + ped + ic) — very broad in knowledgeबहुत व्यापक ज्ञान वाला
- encyclopedist (en + cyclo + ped + ist) — writer of an encyclopediaविश्वकोश लेखक
- encyclopedically (en + cyclo + ped + ic + ally) — in an all-round wayहर तरह से व्यापक ढंग से
- orthopedic (ortho + ped + ic) — relating to bones and jointsहड्डी और जोड़ों संबंधी
- orthopedics (ortho + ped + ics) — medicine for bones and jointsहड्डी और जोड़ों की चिकित्सा