pedal
foot-operated lever or control
Root
- ped: foot
Other words with the ped root
- expedient: practical or convenient, sometimes at moral cost
- expedite: to speed up or make easier
- expedition: journey or organized undertaking
- impede: to hinder or block progress
- impediment: obstacle or hindrance
- pedestrian: ordinary, dull, or literally traveling on foot
ped means foot. A pedal is the thing your foot presses.
He pressed the brake pedal before the bike rolled into the street.