Where does “fot hot” come from?
fot hot (Middle English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
fot hot (Middle English): fast, hastily, rapidly, foothot
Definitions
- fast, hastily, rapidly, foothot
Ancestry of “fot hot”, step by step
fot hot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English fot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 2 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Middle English hot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hot | hot |
| 2 | Old English | hāt | hot, fervent, fervid, fierce |
| 3 | Old English | hātan | to promise; to command, promise; to command, call... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -an | Added to an adjective to create an adverb; Added... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |