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Where does “clubfootedness” come from?

clubfootedness (English) comes from English clubfooted, from English footed, from Middle English foted, from Middle English fot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

clubfootedness (English): The condition of being clubfooted

Definitions

  1. The condition of being clubfooted

Ancestry of “clubfootedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclubfootedHaving a clubfoot
2Englishfootedsimple past tense and past participle of foot;...
3Middle EnglishfotedHaving a type or number of feet; footed;...
4Middle Englishfotfoot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of...
5Old Englishfōtfoot
6Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
7Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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