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. foot or feet

   centipede

   quadruped

ped-

²

combining_form

1. See paedo-
   a variant (esp US) of paedo-

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

At the same time, he refuses to turn his back on his PED-using teammates, the most famous being Alex Rodriguez.

From The Daily Beast

Mayweather stands as the only person to ever accuse Manny Pacquiao of PED use.

From The Daily Beast

But as the aging star sits out another year, will he and other PED-using greats be written out of Major League Baseball history?

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps my favorite writer, Will Leitch, seems merely bored by PED scandals.

From The Daily Beast

HGH was the darling of the PED crowd for a long while because it could not be detected.

From The Daily Beast

And old Squire said the tender, compassionate little face "ho'ped 'im as much as Miss July did."

From Project Gutenberg

How fain she would have drawn on Sophocles To come aboard, and how she simper'd it—Ped.

From Project Gutenberg

Pederasty, ped′e-rast-i, n. unnatural commerce of males with males, esp.

From Project Gutenberg

If no oder medticine goes mit this ped, put me in some oder ped dot has a tifferent pottle, I cares not what it is.'

From Project Gutenberg

You pelongs to dot ped, und whoefer goes into dot ped dakes dot medticine.

From Project Gutenberg

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?