Where does “fot” come from?

fot (Middle English) comes 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.

fot (Middle English): foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of...

Definitions

  1. foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of...

Ancestry of “fot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfōtfoot
2Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
3Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “fot”

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