English
foothot
Foothot comes from Middle English fot hot ‘fast, hastily, rapidly, foothot’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fot hot‘fast, hastily, rapidly, foothot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485foothot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fot hot‘fast, hastily, rapidly, foothot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485foothot
Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, xxviij: “Thenne there came two knyȝtes of Northgales / that…”
Every English word from Middle English fot hot
Today it means
adv Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at once.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fot hot / foothot