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The word root ped means "foot.” What is the most likely definition of pedestrian?

a person who drives
a person who rushes
a person who waits
a person who walks

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Answer:

D. a person who walks

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Answer:

a person who walks

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early 18th century: from French pédestre or Latin pedester ‘going on foot’, also ‘written in prose’ + -ian. Early use in English was in the description of writing as ‘prosaic’, and because the root wood is "foot"

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