Talk:pædiatrist

RFV discussion: April 2011–February 2012
¶ I suppose this is a real word, however I doubt that is actually an alternative spelling of podiatrist. More likely, it is some sort of physician that cares for children, I assume. --Pilcrow 21:25, 19 April 2011 (UTC)


 * It looks like an alternative construction of pædiatrician (paediatrician / pediatrician). See the usage note at -iatrician. — Pingkudimmi 15:36, 21 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I've added the true sense and changed the to an . — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 22:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

¶ I suspect that the sense of ‘foot doctor’ is a hypercorrect spelling based on the erroneous belief that it’s somehow related to παῖς. Here is the Latin word for ‘foot’ (pes), and here is the Græcian counter‐part (pous). --Pilcrow 07:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 04:15, 1 February 2012 (UTC)