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Where does “barfot” come from?

barfot (Middle English) comes from Old English bærfōt, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic bazafōts — barefoot.

Ancestry of “barfot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbærfōtbarefoot
2Proto-West Germanic*baʀafōt—
3Proto-Germanicbazafōtsbarefoot

Words derived from “barfot”

  • barefoot
  • barefooting
  • barefooter
Every word from Proto-Germanic bazafōts →