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Where does “footedness” come from?

footedness (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European póds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

footedness (English): One's natural preference for using the left or...

Definitions

  1. One's natural preference for using the left or...

Ancestry of “footedness”, step by step

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