词根词缀：meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meter, -meters, -metry, -metre

【来源及含义】Greek: measure

【相关词根词缀】 Related "measure" and "metric" words and charts: mens-; Metric Chart of Units; Metric-Length Converter; Metric Units and Links.

【同源单词】absorptiometry, accelerometer, acetimeter, acetimetry, acidimeter, acidimetry

词根词缀：ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia

【来源及含义】Latin: foot, feet; people often see this ped element in other words. When people refer to "pedal extremities", they mean "feet". When anyone pushes the pedals of a bicycle, it is done with the feet. A pedestrian must use the feet for walking. A quadruped has four feet while a centipede has "100 feet"; or a large number of them because it may be impossible to count all of them.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "foot, feet" units: melo-; planta-; podo-; -pus.

【同源单词】aliped, anguiped, anomaliped, biped, bipedal, bipedal

词根词缀：pedo-, paedo-, ped-, paed-, paido-, paid-

【来源及含义】Greek: child, boy; infant

【相关描述】The British tend to use paed- while those in the United States tend to use ped-. Remember that the Greek ped- means "child" while the Latin ped- means "foot". Don't confuse this Greek element with another Greek pedo- which means "ground, soil, earth".

【同源单词】callipedia, cyclopedia, cyclopedic, encyclopedia, encyclopedian, encyclopedic