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Iyagovos t1_j5zwkr3 wrote
No, ped- means child in Greek, where as ped- means foot in Latin. Different root words for different subjects.
[deleted] OP t1_j5zwoyp wrote
Thank you. It's been bugging me for years.
TheDefected t1_j5zx5yy wrote
There's a similar one with Homo,
Homo - Latin = man
Home - Greek = same
justlookingforajob1 t1_j5zxbx8 wrote
One is greek and one is latin. I once offered a foot massage to a girl who was not a native English speaker and she asked if I was a pedophile. I assured her I was not. 20 years married now.
dr_xenon t1_j5zxock wrote
It’s like carbon dioxide and sodium bicarbonate. Bi and do both mean two in Greek or Latin.
We should start a movement to change bicycle to dicycle. But then it would get shortened to “dike” and that might cause problems.
MyDoggoRocks t1_j5zykb3 wrote
Oh....I can't ride my dike without my helmet. I Always wear protection.
Carasius t1_j5zyue9 wrote
So then what does phile mean? Attracted?
FriedMule t1_j5zywir wrote
So a pedophile can be a file for your feet? :-)
DigInevitable1679 t1_j5zzhh3 wrote
Yes. And phobe is the opposite
Hydrophilic (attracted to water), hydrophobic (repelled by water)
justlookingforajob1 t1_j5zzizb wrote
Yes
It's used in lots of words, often meaning like or love or interest of some kind. It does't always mean like romantic love; but love of food, or arts, or something like that.
Seraph062 t1_j5zzokk wrote
It comes from the Greek 'philos' meaning "loving"
bob_in_the_west t1_j5zzsmg wrote
After reading /u/TurboThrobber 's comment:
In German this is more obvious because it's "Pedometer" and "Pädophiler" (ä = ae).
A "Pedophiler" in German would actually have a foot fetish.
Slash1909 t1_j5zzvuk wrote
You’re a guy so you can’t technically have a dike. I mean you could but she wouldn’t be into you.
antilos_weorsick t1_j6005yj wrote
Not to be mean, but this is a terrible question for this subreddit. You could have just looked it up on wiki dictionary (or any dictionary).
Chromotron t1_j600aho wrote
More like a foot fetishist :-p
krammark12 t1_j600nf0 wrote
Yes we can, hold my water!
MyDoggoRocks t1_j600sh6 wrote
Wait....I thought we were talking about bikes....as in bi, or di (meaning 2).
Technically speaking, they could be IN-to me......ok I'm out.
Chromotron t1_j600wpe wrote
Even in English, it's paedophile in BE. Only Americans f***ed it up.
TurboThrobber t1_j5zwjrj wrote
'ped-' relating to "foot" is from Latin 'pēs', gen. 'pedis'. 'ped-',
'paed-', relating to children is from Ancient Greek 'pais', genitive 'paidos'
The word is actually paedophile but that was too difficult for Americans to spell.