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.