pedagogue
Meaninga child leader
Common meaning: a teacher, especially a strict one
- peda childLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1109 · scan
- agogleading; a leaderLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. · scan
- uespelling ending (via French)
‘a child’ + ‘leading’ → pedagogue
Journey through time
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 — Greek ἀγωγός “leading; a leader” (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 παῖς ‘a child’ + Greek ἀγωγός ‘leading; a leader’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry παῖς, p. 1109 · dictionary scan
Roots
- παῖς, παιδός Greek “a child”
- ἀγωγός Greek “leading; a leader”
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