English
kick-step
From kick + step.
Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’
Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’
Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’
English kick
Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘to support’
Proto-Germanic *stapjaną ‘to step’
Proto-West Germanic *stappjan ‘to step’
Old English steppan ‘to step’
Middle English steppen ‘to step’
English step
Today it means
noun A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
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Etymograph / kick-step