ped-

¹

1. variant of pedo- ¹ before a vowel:

   pedagogic.

ped-

²

1. variant of pedi- before a vowel.

ped-

³

1. variant of pedo- ² before a vowel:

   pedalfer.

ped

⁴

1. pedestrian.

PED

⁵

1. performance-enhancing drug.

-ped

⁶

1. a combining form with the meaning “having a foot” of the kind specified by the initial element:

   pinnatiped.

ped.

⁷

abbreviation for

1. pedal.
2. pedestal.

ped-

¹

combining_form

1. a variant (esp US) of paedo-

-ped

²

combining form

1. foot or feet

   quadruped

   centipede

Word History and Origins

Origin of ped-¹

By shortening

Origin of ped-²

< Latin -ped-, stem of -pēs -footed, adj. derivative of pēs foot

Word History and Origins

Origin of ped-¹

from Latin pēs, ped- foot

Example Sentences

“A shout out to @jonbonjovi & his team for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge Tue night,” Police Chief John Drake tweeted.

From Los Angeles Times

“I fought everyone and was willing to. They have turned there back on me. I’m innocent. I stand by that I don’t care what everyone says. Gun yo my head I say I didn’t take PED’s.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I believe those best suited to make these decisions are those closest to the students, and as such, I will continue to oppose efforts by PED to seize more control from our school boards and administrators.”

From Seattle Times

Since the readers last voted for the top 10 Dodgers in 2018, admitted PED user Eric Gagne moved from No. 39 to No. 25 while Ron Cey, Tommy Davis and Jim Gilliam dropped out of the top 25.

From Los Angeles Times

That player, the article written by Mike Fish notes, “never tested positive for any PED use, was never interviewed by authorities and was never suspended by MLB.”

From Los Angeles Times

Words That Use -ped

What does -ped mean?

The combining form –ped is used like a suffix meaning “having a foot.” It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology.

The form –ped comes from Latin –pēs, meaning “-footed.” The Greek cognate of –pēs is –pous, “-footed,” which is the source of numerous combining forms that relate to the lower extremities, including pod–, podo–, –pod, –poda, –pode, –podium, and –podous. Discover more at our Words That Use articles for each of these seven forms.

What are variants of –ped?

A variant of –ped is –pede, as in centipede, which comes from Latin centipeda. Though not a variant, the form pedi– has the same root as –ped. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for –pede and pedi-.

Examples of -ped

An example of a word you may have encountered that features –ped is quadruped, “four-footed.” Quadruped comes from Latin quadrupēs, which uses the equivalent of –ped in that language.

The quadru– part of the word means “four,” from Latin quattuor, while –ped means “-footed” in this context. Quadruped literally translates to “four-footed.”

What are some words that use the combining form –ped?

• aliped (using the equivalent form of –ped in Latin)
• biped (using the equivalent form of –ped in Latin)
• cheliped
• multiped (using the equivalent form of –ped in Latin)

What are some other forms that –ped may be commonly confused with?

• -pedia
• -penia
• -ploid

Not every word that ends with the exact letters –ped, such as dropped or couped, is necessarily using the combining form –ped to denote “-footed.” Learn why couped means “overturned” at our entry for the word.

Break it down!

The combining form bi– means “two.” With this in mind, what does biped mean?