English
footed
Footed comes from Middle English foted ‘having a type or number of feet’, from fot ‘a foot’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fōts‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fōt‘foot’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fōt‘an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fot‘a foot’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500foted‘having a type or number of feet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590footed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fōts‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fōt‘foot’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fōt‘an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fot‘a foot’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500foted‘having a type or number of feet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590footed
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto XII: “Scarsely had Phœbus in the glooming East / Yet…”
Formed from foot + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt
Old English fōt ‘foot’
Middle English fot ‘foot’
English foot
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
pilot, expedition, fetch, impeachment, impediment, fet, expedite, ped, pada, fetter, 49 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
feet, pie, pioneer, podium, pedestrian, pawn, pew, pedal, pedigree, pug, pes, baht, impede, centipede, pedicure, petiole, peon, puy, poy, tripos, pedometer, pedicel, pedicle, quadruped, biped, 36 more
through Middle English fot ‘a foot’
Today it means
adj Having a foot or feet; (in combination) having a specified form or type of foot or number of feet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / footed