pedometer

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Etymology

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, combining form for Latin pēs (“foot”), plus -ometer, from Greek. In French now the word is podomètre, and similar in other Romance languages and in Greek (ποδόμετρο (podómetro)). By surface analysis, pedo- (“foot”) +‎ -meter = pedo- + -ometer.

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pedometer (plural pedometers)

  1. A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
    He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (0 c, 65 e)

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