The story
- Italian · derived frompedante“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”
- Middle French · borrowed frompedant
- English todaypedant
From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with unrelated Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.