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n. (alternative spelling of paedo English)

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Pedo- or Paedo- is a prefix with these meanings:

  1. Primarily, "relating to children", from the Greek word pais ( παῖς), meaning "child", which derived from the Proto-Indo European base word *peu-, meaning "small," "young" or "few". It is spelled "pedo-" in USA spelling and "paedo-" in British spelling.
  2. "Relating to foot", in words (e.g. pedometer) derived from Latin pes (pedis) from Proto-Indo European word *ped-, meaning "foot."
  3. "Relating to soil", from the Greek word for soil pedon ( πέδον)My Etymology. (2008). Etymology of the Greek word pedon (πηδόν, πέδον)

Accessed May 9, 2011, from http://www.myetymology.com/greek/pedon.html

  1. "Relating to flatulence", from Latin pēdō (infinitive pēdere) [Latin: to fart], the root word for flatulation in several Indo-European languages; see Fart
  • In meanings #2, #3, and #4, the spelling remains "pedo-" in British spelling.

Usage examples of "pedo".

Zopi Devine on the telephone, and she said afterward the Pedo told Nick Rael that the Zopilote was gonna fly down to the capital and talk with the governor about your beanfield.

Lydia Martinez called too, and she said when she was mopping up -over at Pedro Hirsshorn's Land of Enchantment whorehouse for tourists she heard Pedro "the Pedo" himself talking with Zopi Devine on the telephone, and she said afterward the Pedo told Nick Rael that the Zopilote was gonna fly down to the capital and talk with the governor about your beanfield.