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Where does “foothot” come from?

foothot (English) comes from Middle English fot hot, 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, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

foothot (English): Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at...

Definitions

  1. Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at...

Ancestry of “foothot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfot hotfast, hastily, rapidly, foothot
2Middle Englishfotfoot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of...
3Old Englishfōtfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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