Podiatric
/ˌpoʊ.daɪˈæt.rɪk/noun
Relating to the medical care and treatment of the feet and ankles.
Did you know?The Greek word for foot was pous, but its stem changed to pod-, which is why the same ancient root appears in words as different as podium, tripod, and octopus.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ped-
“Foot; a root associated with walking and stepping”
Ancient Greek
Greek
pous, podos
“Foot; the irregular genitive stem pod- supplied the form used in compounds”
Ancient Greek
Greek
iatros
“Physician or healer”
19th Century
English
podiatry
“Medical treatment of the feet, formed from Greek pod- “foot” and iatros “physician””
Early 20th Century
English
podiatric
“Relating to podiatry or the medical treatment of feet”