Where does “piedipiatti” come from?

piedipiatti (Italian) comes from English flatfoot, from English foot, 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.

piedipiatti (Italian): cop, flatfoot

Definitions

  1. cop, flatfoot

Ancestry of “piedipiatti”, step by step

piedipiatti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English flatfoot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflatfootA condition in which the arch of the foot makes...
2EnglishfootA biological structure found in many animals that...
3Middle Englishfotfoot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of...
4Old Englishfōtfoot
5Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
6Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Italian piedi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiediplural of piede; feet

via Italian piatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiattiplural of piatto; plates
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-
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