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PEDAGOGIC
Definition of PEDAGOGIC
adjective
Synonym of pedagogical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1781. From French pédagogique, from Latin paedagōgicus, pēdagōgicus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγικός (paidagōgikós), from παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós, “teacher, tutor”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,378)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEDAGOGIC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PEDAGOGIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDAGOGIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGGIOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start PEDAGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PEDAGOGIC?
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