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Where does “barefooter” come from?

barefooter (English) comes from English barefoot, from Middle English barefote, from Old English bærfōt, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic bazafōts — barefoot.

barefooter (English): One who takes part in water skiing without...

Definitions

  1. One who takes part in water skiing without...

Ancestry of “barefooter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarefootWearing nothing on the feet; Not using snow...
2Middle Englishbarefote—
3Old Englishbærfōtbarefoot
4Proto-West Germanic*baʀafōt—
5Proto-Germanicbazafōtsbarefoot
Every word from Proto-Germanic bazafōts →