Etymology of the English word pedagogics
the English word pedagogics
derived from the English word pedagogy
derived from the Old French word pédagogie
derived from the Greek word paidagogia, παιδαγωγία
derived from the Greek word paidagogos, παιδαγωγός (a boy-leader; a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, a tutor ('paedagogue')))
using the English suffix -ics