English
flatfooted
From flat (adjective) + footed (adjective).
Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
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Proto-West Germanic *fōt ‘foot’
Old English fōt ‘an organ in humans and animals used for…’
Middle English fot ‘a foot’
Middle English foted ‘having a type or number of feet’
English footed
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flatfooted