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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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foot pl.
feet part of the leg beyond the ankle joint; unit of measurement 12 in.; metrical unit OE.; lowest part XII; what is at the foot or bottom (pl.
foots) XV. OE.
fōt, pl.
fēt = OS.
fōt,
fuot (Du.
voet), OHG.
fuoz (G.
fuss), ON.
fótr, Goth.
fōtus; the Gmc. cons. -stem *
fōt- :-IE. *
pōd-, which with its vars. *
pod- *
ped- is repr. by Skr.
pā́t, L.
pēs,
ped-, Gr.
poús,
pod- Arm.
otn foot.
Hence
foot vb. dance XIV; †add
up XV; walk; strike, etc. with the foot XVI.
footing (dial.) foothold XIV; (fig.) XVI; settled condition XVII.
football XV,
footfall XVII,
foothold XVII.
footman foot-soldier XIII; (dial.) pedestrian XIV; attendant on foot XV.
footnote XIX.
footpace walking-pace; raised floor (for an altar). XVI.
footpad highwayman who robs on foot. XVII;
pad, canting use of var. of
PATH.
footpath XVI.
footstep XIV (once XIII as pl.
fet steppes).
footstool XVI.
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