Where does “footed” come from?
Footed comes from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Middle English -en, and Proto-Indo-European pṓds, meaning foot or lower limb.
footed (English): simple past tense and past participle of foot;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of foot;...
Ancestry of “footed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | foted | Having a type or number of feet; footed;... |
| 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 |