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pedometer
[pedometer 词源字典]
pedometer:
see
pedal
[pedometer etymology, pedometer origin, 英语词源]
pedometer (n.)
instrument for measuring distances covered by a walker, 1723, from French
pédomètre
(1712), a hybrid coined from Latin
pedis
(genitive of
pes
"foot;" see
foot
(n.)) + Greek
metron
"a measure" (see
meter
(n.2)). At first Englished as
waywiser
.