9. A peddler, literally, is a trader who travels on foot.
10. Pedestal. That which forms the base (standing place for the feet) of a statue, column, vase, etc.
12. A peduncle is a (little) footstalk of a flower or leaf.
15. An octopus is an eight-footed or armed cuttlefish.
16. Pedigree means, literally, crane's foot. Why so called is uncertain, but supposed to be on account of a fancied resemblance of the lines of a pedigree, as drawn out on paper, to a crane's foot. (Compare crow's foot, applied to the lines of age about the eyes.)
pon, pos = place, put.
| 1. ap position, to | 11. ex pose, out |
| 2. com pose, together | 12. im pose, upon |
| 3. compos ite, being | 13. inter pose, between |
| 4. composit ion, act of | 14. im post, upon |
| 5. compon ent, that which | 15. im post or, one who |
| 6. com pound, together | 16. op pose, (ob.) against |
| 7. de pose, down | 17. oppos ite, being |
| 8. de posit, down (away) | 18. posit ion, state of being |
| 9. deposit ory, place where | 19. pro pose, before |
| 10. dis pose, apart | 20. trans pose, across |
1. One word is in apposition to another when it is placed near to it, by way of explanation.
3. Being made by putting together separate parts or elements; as, a composite flower.
5. One of the several parts or elements which, when placed together, form the whole, is a component part.