autoped
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally a brand name, equivalent to auto- + -ped.
Noun[edit]
autoped (plural autopeds)
- (historical) A motorized kick scooter, used from the early 1910s through the early 1920s.
- 1916, Illustrated World - Volume 26, page 353:
- There is no room for two on the autoped, that newest vehicle compromise between riding and walking.
- 1917, N.A.R.D. Journal - Volume 24, page 894:
- A Baltimore drug firm, that innocently sent a delivery boy “scooting” on an autoped through Druid Hill Park on an errand, was surprised later […]
- 1917, Bench and Bar - Volume 11, page 374:
- If a motor-cycle, why not bicycles, roller skates, autopeds, "scooters," stilts, and all other means of locomotion dear to the childish heart?
- 1965, Horizon:
- Peter Hitchman is the proud owner of another unusual motor-cycle — a French autoped dating from pre-1914 days.
Usage notes[edit]
The autoped differs from the modern electric scooter in that it had an internal combustion engine rather than an electric motor.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French autopède.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
autoped m (plural autopeds, diminutive autopedje n)
- motorised kick scooter, autoped
- (Netherlands) kick scooter
- Synonym: step
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: otopet (“kick scooter”)
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