pedagogue

== English == === Alternative forms === pædagogue (archaic) paedagogue (dated) pedagog (US) === Etymology === From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) +‎ -agogue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/ === Noun === pedagogue (plural pedagogues) A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === pedagogue (third-person singular simple present pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing, simple past and past participle pedagogued) To teach. === References === Pedagogue in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == Middle French == === Alternative forms === pedagoge === Etymology === First attested circa 1371, borrowed from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós). === Noun === pedagogue m (plural pedagogues) pedagogue (one who teaches a child) ==== Descendants ==== French: pédagogue → Dutch: pedagoog → Middle English: pedagoge English: pedagogue === References ===