English

mast foot

From mast + foot.

A compound of mast + foot

Proto-Indo-European *mazdos ‘pole, mast’

Proto-Germanic *mastaz ‘mast, sail-pole’

Proto-West Germanic *mast

Old English mæst

Middle English mast

English mast

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Today it means

noun Synonym of mast step.

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

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