Foot

Morpheme

Foot

Type

free base

Denotation

lower extremity of the leg below the ankle used for standing and walking, base or bottom

Etymology

Middle English fot, fote, foot; Old English fōt

Evidence

afoot, barefoot, foot, footage, football, footbridge, footed, footer, footguard, footholder, foothole, footing, footless, footlet, footlike, footman, footnote, footplate, footpost, footrace, footrail, footrest, footroom, foots, footsie, footsore, footstep, footwear, footwork, footy, forefoot, hindfoot, hotfoot, leadfooted, overfoot, pseudofoot, pussyfoot, underfoot

Notes

unit of linear measurement originally considered the length of a male foot

See Also

Feet, Pod(e), Ped(e), Pus(e), Pes, Podes, P