'Pedal' is a word borrowed from French 'pédale'. The word entered the English language some time around 1618.
pedal [noun] [1618]
- a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano)
- a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism
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Etymology: Middle French 'pedale' from Italian, from Latin 'pedalis' adjective
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