pedagogy
Meaningleading children
Common meaning: the method of teaching
- peda childLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1109 · scan
- agogdrive, lead; do, actLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 74 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘a child’ + ‘drive, lead’ → pedagogy
Journey through time
Hybrid: Greek + Latin Its parts come from different languages; our sources do not record where they were first put together.
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- ped — Greek παῖς, παιδός “a child” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- agog — Latin agō, ēgī, āctum “drive, lead; do, act” (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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek παῖς ‘a child’ + Latin agō ‘drive, lead; do, act’.
Did you know (Agenda is a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry agō, p. 74 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek pais, paidos,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry παῖς, p. 1109 · dictionary scan
Roots
- agō, ēgī, āctum Latin “drive, lead; do, act”
- παῖς, παιδός Greek “a child”
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