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Where does “barefoot” come from?

Barefoot comes from Middle English barefote, from Old English bærfōt, from Proto-Germanic bazafōts, literally meaning bare-footed.

barefoot (English): Wearing nothing on the feet; Not using snow...

Definitions

  1. Wearing nothing on the feet; Not using snow...

Ancestry of “barefoot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbarefote—
2Old Englishbærfōtbarefoot
3Proto-West Germanic*baʀafōt—
4Proto-Germanicbazafōtsbarefoot

Words derived from “barefoot”

  • barefooting
  • barefooter
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