English

feetfirst

From feet + first.

A compound of feet + first

Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’

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Proto-Indo-European *pódes

Proto-Germanic *fōtiz

Old English fēt

Middle English feet

English feet

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before’

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Proto-Germanic *furistaz ‘first’

Proto-West Germanic *furist

Old English fyrest

Middle English first

English first

Today it means

adv With one's feet going first.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / feetfirst