Where does “barefooted” come from?
Barefooted derives from English bare and English foot, tracing through Middle English barn to Proto-Indo-European bʰer-.
barefooted (English): Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot
Definitions
- Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot
Ancestry of “barefooted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | footed | simple past tense and past participle of foot;... |
| 2 | Middle English | foted | Having a type or number of feet; footed;... |
| 3 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 4 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |