Where does “ফুটপাথ” come from?

ফুটপাথ (Bengali) comes from English footpath, from English foot, from Middle English fot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ফুটপাথ (Bengali): sidewalk, pavement

Definitions

  1. sidewalk, pavement

Ancestry of “ফুটপাথ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfootpathA path for pedestrians
2EnglishfootA biological structure found in many animals that...
3Middle Englishfotfoot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of...
4Old Englishfōtfoot
5Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
6Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-
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