Pede
/piːd/noun
A rare or obsolete English noun meaning a foot, especially an animal’s foot.
Did you know?Pede comes from the same ancient root as Latin pes, ‘foot,’ whose ablative form pede appears in the old expression pede poena claudo—‘punishment comes with a halting foot.’
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ped-
“Foot; to tread or step”
Ancient Sanskrit
Sanskrit
pad-
“Foot, track, or path”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πούς / ποδός (pous / podos)
“Foot”
Classical Latin
Latin
pēs, pedis
“Foot”
Classical Latin
Latin
pede
“By or with the foot; the ablative form of pēs”
Middle English
English
pede
“Foot; a rare or obsolete noun”
Modern English
English
pede
“An archaic or technical word for a foot”