-pede

American  

1. variant of -ped.

   centipede.

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-pede British  

combining form

1. a variant of -ped

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Usage

What does -pede mean? The combining form -pede is used like a suffix meaning “having a foot.” It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology.The form -pede comes from Latin -pēs, meaning “-footed.” The Greek cognate of -pēs is -pous, “-footed,” which is the source of numerous combining forms that relate to the lower extremities, including pod-, podo-, -pod, -poda, -pode, -podium, and -podous. Discover more at our Words That Use articles for each of these seven forms.What are variants of -pede?The form -pede is a variant of -ped. Though not a variant, the form pedi- has the same root as -pede. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for -ped and pedi-.

Example Sentences

Id ego quum pro certissimo comperissem, pugnam simpliciter exoptavi, non illam iocularem, qua turbae velitantur in compitis, sed istam severam et acrem, qua congredimur in vestris Philosophorum spatiis: /*-pede pes, densusque viro vir.

From Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities by Campion, Edmund