orthopaedic
Meaningstraightening children
Common meaning: treating bones and muscles
- orthstraight, upright, correctLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1072 · scan
- paeda childLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1109 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
‘straight, upright, correct’ + ‘a child’ → orthopaedic
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- orth — Greek ὀρθός “straight, upright, correct” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- paed — Greek παῖς, παιδός “a child” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ὀρθός ‘straight, upright, correct’ + Greek παῖς ‘a child’.
Did you know (Greek pais, paidos,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry παῖς, p. 1109 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek orthos, straight,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ὀρθός, p. 1072 · dictionary scan
Roots
- παῖς, παιδός Greek “a child”
- ὀρθός Greek “straight, upright, correct”
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