expedition
journey or organized undertaking
Roots
Other words with the ped root
- expedient: practical or convenient, sometimes at moral cost
- expedite: to speed up or make easier
- impede: to hinder or block progress
- impediment: obstacle or hindrance
- pedal: foot-operated lever or control
- pedestrian: ordinary, dull, or literally traveling on foot
Expedition carries the foot/action family into purposeful movement.
The research expedition crossed the desert.