The story
- Middle English · derived frompeddere“hawker, peddler”
- Middle English · inherited frompedlere
- English todaypeddler
From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.