On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 05:04, Tom Parmenter wrote:
Both pediatrician and pedophile come from the Greek
prefix paedo-
meaning "child".
This is why those of us living in *EDUCATED* countries still spell them
"paediatrician" and "paedophile".
;)
I believe the root produced by "pedis", meaning "foot", is
"podi" -
"podiatrics" being stuff to do with feet, and "podiatrist" being
someone
who looks after your feet.
--
adamw