Where does “feet” come from?
Feet derives from Middle English feet (plural of fot), Old English fōt, and Proto-Indo-European pṓds, meaning the body part at the end of the leg.
feet (English): plural of foot; Fact; performance; feat
Definitions
- plural of foot; Fact; performance; feat
Ancestry of “feet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | feet | plural of fot |
| 2 | Old English | fēt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fōtiz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pódes | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
Words derived from “feet”