词根：-ped-

【词根含义】：足;儿童

【词根来源】：原始印欧语ped-,pod-(足)在希腊语中的派生词有pous(足)和pedon(土壤,儿童,足);在拉丁语中的派生词有pes, ped.is, m(足)和pod.ium(阳台,剧场的包厢)等。

【同源单词】：biped, centipede, expedient, expedite, expedition

前缀：quadr-, quadri-, quadru-

【词根含义】：四

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语quattuor(四)

【同源单词】：quadruped

词根词缀：ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia

【来源及含义】Latin: foot, feet; people often see this ped element in other words. When people refer to "pedal extremities", they mean "feet". When anyone pushes the pedals of a bicycle, it is done with the feet. A pedestrian must use the feet for walking. A quadruped has four feet while a centipede has "100 feet"; or a large number of them because it may be impossible to count all of them.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "foot, feet" units: melo-; planta-; podo-; -pus.

【同源单词】aliped, anguiped, anomaliped, biped, bipedal, bipedal

词根词缀：quadri-, quadra-, quad-, quadru-

【来源及含义】Latin: four, fourth; a word element for number 4

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related, partially or totally, to: "four, fourth": quatr-; tessara-; tetra-.

【同源单词】biquadrate, carillon, omniquadrante hora, quadragenarian, quadragenary, Quadragesima