foot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The part of the body at the end of the leg that you stand and walk on.

   My new shoes are hurting my feet.

2. 2
   noun

   The lowest part or bottom of something.

   I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.

3. 3
   noun

   Walking, as a way of travelling.

   We went there on foot because we could not afford a taxi.

From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous. Cognates *Scots fit (“foot”) *Yola voote (“foot”) *North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”) *Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”) *West Frisian foet (“foot”) *Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”) *Dutch voet (“foot”) *Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”) *German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”) *German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”) *Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”) *Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”) *Mòcheno vuas (“foot”) *Vilamovian…

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