Where does “feet” come from?

feet (Middle English) comes from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European pódes, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

feet (Middle English): plural of fot

Definitions

  1. plural of fot

Ancestry of “feet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfēt—
2Proto-Germanicfōtiz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpódes—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “feet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →