Where does “flatfootedly” come from?
flatfootedly (English) comes from English flatfooted, from English flatfoot, from English foot, 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.
flatfootedly (English): In a flatfooted manner
Ancestry of “flatfootedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flatfooted | Having flat feet; Blunt and unsubtle; lacking... |
| 2 | English | flatfoot | A condition in which the arch of the foot makes... |
| 3 | English | foot | A biological structure found in many animals that... |
| 4 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 5 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |