KennyR again states half truth
"Sort of OT, but did you know that the US misspelling of paedophile, "pedophile" means in Greek: "Lover of feet"
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Seems we haven't misspelled it at all.
pedo-1 or ped-
pref.
Soil: pedocal.
[From Greek pedon, soil, earth. See ped- in Indo-European Roots.]
pedo-2 or ped- or paed- or paedo-
pref.
Child; children: pedodontics.
[Greek paido-, from pais, paid-, child. See pau- in Indo-European Roots.]
pedo
Pedi- \Ped"i-\, Pedo- \Ped"o-\ [See Foot.] Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.