-ped
a combining form with the meaning “having a foot” of the kind specified by the initial element:
pinnatiped.
also, -pede.
compare -pod.
-ped
combining form
foot or feet quadruped, centipede
word origin
from latin pēs, ped- foot
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- -pede
variant of -ped: centipede. -ped combining form foot or feet quadruped, centipede word origin from latin pēs, ped- foot -pede combining form a variant of -ped
- -penia
a combining form used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “lack, deficiency,” as specified by the initial element: leukopenia. -penia suff. lack; deficiency: leukopenia.
- -person
a combining form of person, replacing in existing compound words such paired, s-x-specific forms as -man, and -woman, or -er1, and -ess: chairperson; salesperson; waitperson. usage note -person suffix sometimes used instead of -man and -woman or -lady chairperson, salesperson -man
- -petal
a combining form meaning “seeking, moving toward” that specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: acropetal. -petal combining form seeking centripetal word origin from new latin -petus, from latin petere to seek -petal suff. moving toward: basipetal.
- -pexy
-pexy suff. surgical fixation of an organ: hysteropexy.