Etymology of pedicure, pedestrian, pedicle, pedestal

Origin of pedicure, pedestrian, pedicle, pedestal.
Pedicure, care of feet, from the French pédicure, from the Latin pes (gen. pedis) "foot" which is related to the Greek Aeolic pous (gen. podos) "foot" + and curare (care).

From the same root: pedestrian, pedicle, pedestal, pedicurist, pedicular, foot.

In modern Greek.

a) podi: foot [πόδι]

b) pezos: pedestrian [πεζός]

OED

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