PEDAL

I. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Italian, from Latin ~is, adjective Date: 1618 a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano), a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism, II. adjective Etymology: Latin ~is, from ped-, pes Date: 1618 of or relating to the foot, of, relating to, or involving a ~, III. verb (~ed; also ~led; ~ing; also ~ling) Date: 1883 intransitive verb to ride a bicycle, to use or work a ~, transitive verb to work the ~s of