Where does “footage” come from?
Footage comes from Middle English fot, Old French -age, and Latin -aticum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pṓds meaning "foot."
footage (English): An amount of film or tape that has been used to...
Definitions
- An amount of film or tape that has been used to...
Ancestry of “footage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foot | A biological structure found in many animals that... |
| 2 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 3 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |