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Where does “slowfooted” come from?

slowfooted (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.

slowfooted (English): moving slowly on foot

Definitions

  1. moving slowly on foot

Ancestry of “slowfooted”, 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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