pædo-, pedo-
(ˈpiːdəʊ)
occas. paido- (ˈpaɪdəʊ), before a vowel pæd-, ped-,
combining form of Gr. παῖς, παιδ- boy, child, and element in several words, scientific and technical, of which the more important will be found in their alphabetical places.
pædarchy (ˈpiːdɑːkɪ) [Gr. -αρχια, ἀρχή rule], rule or government by a child or children. pæˈdocracy, paid- [see -cracy], government by children. pæˈdology, paid- [see -logy], the study of the nature of children; so pædoˈlogical, pertaining to pædology; pæˈdologist, pædoloˈgistical a., pædoloˈgistically adv. (see quot.). pæˈdometer, an instrument for measuring the weight and length of a child; hence pædometric a. pædonosology (-nəʊˈsɒlədʒɪ) [Gr. νόσος disease: see -logy], the study of the diseases of children. pædonymic (piːdəʊˈnɪmɪk) [after patronymic], a name given to a person from that of his or her child; so pæˈdonymy, the giving of such a name.
| 1830 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 245/2 The government was called the *paedarchy (or the regime of children). |
| 1647 J. Noyes Temple Measured 34 Some are..unseasonable, ignorant, youthful. This is a *Pedocracy as well as a Democracy. |
| 1900 Speaker 5 May 131/2 Miss Vernon of the *Paidological Bureau. |
| 1894 Educ. News (U.S.) 14 Apr. 233 A *paidologist is one who studies boys. *Paidologistical pertains to *paidology, and *paidologistically is the adverb that refers to the acts of a paidologist while he is treating of paidology paidologistically. |
| 1853 Dunglison Med. Lex., *Pædometer, baromacrometer. |
| 1889 Jrnl. Educ. 1 Feb. 75/2 The terrors of a cast-iron Code and Inspectors with their *paedometric apparatus. |
| 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Pædonosologia, term for a description or consideration of the diseases of children: *pedonosology. |
| 1883 W. Leaf in Jrnl. Philol. No. 24. 286 Prof. Geddes quotes as a similar ‘*Pædonymic’ the expression ‘Althaea Meleagris’. |
| Ibid. 287 Whether or no the custom of *Paedonymy has left any other trace..must be left to anthropologists to decide. |