Pedi
/ˈpɛdi/noun
An informal shortening of “pedicure,” meaning a cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.
Did you know?“Pedi” is a modern clipping of “pedicure,” whose first element ultimately comes from Latin pes, pedis, “foot,” a root also connected to Greek words behind “podium” and “antipode.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ped-
“Foot”
Classical Latin
Latin
pēs, pedis
“Foot; the genitive form pedis supplied the stem ped-”
19th Century
French
pédicure
“Treatment or care of the feet”
19th Century
English
pedicure
“A treatment of the feet and toenails”
20th Century
English
pedi
“Informal clipped form of pedicure”