Editing Pedestrian (section)

==Etymology==
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The meaning of pedestrian is displayed with the [[morpheme]]s ''ped-'' ('foot') and ''-ian'' ('characteristic of').<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Studies in Etymology (Second ed.).|last1=Dunmore|first1=Charles|last2=Fleischer|first2=Rita|publisher=Focus|year=2008|isbn=9781585100125}}</ref> This word is derived from the Latin term ''pedester'' ('going on foot') and was first used (in the English language) during the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedestrian#h1|title=Definition of PEDESTRIAN|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817131309/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedestrian#h1|archive-date=17 August 2017|access-date=27 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In its early useage, it often referred to a "professional walker", or somebody who held a notable record for speed. When cars came into common use, pedestrian started to be used in its current meaning, as somebody who is not driving or riding.<ref name=":1" /> Nowadays a pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, by wheelchair or with other [[Mobility aid|mobility aids]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pedestrians With Disabilities |url=https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/PED_BIKE/univcourse/pdf/swless17.pdf |accessdate=2024-04-19 |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref>

It was originally used, and can still be used today, as an adjective meaning plain or dull.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pedestrian&allowed_in_frame=0|title=Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702051541/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pedestrian&allowed_in_frame=0|archive-date=2 July 2016|access-date=27 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The word pedestrian may have been used in middle French in the ''[[:fr:Recueil des Croniques et Anchiennes Istories de la Grant Bretaigne, à présent nommé Engleterre|Recueil des Croniques et Anchiennes Istories de la Grant Bretaigne]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/p%C3%A9destre|title=PÉDESTRE : Définition de PÉDESTRE|website=www.cnrtl.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129020259/http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/p%C3%A9destre|archive-date=29 January 2017|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>