fot

See also: FOT, föt, and főt

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ot

Verb

fot

1. inflection of fotre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːt/

Noun

fot (plural feet or (measure) fot or (rare) fotes)

2. A foot (appendage used for motion and support)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:17, folio 117, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ whanne I hadde ſeyn hym .· I felde doun at his feet as deed / ⁊ he puttide his riȝthond on me .· ⁊ ſeide / nyle þou dꝛede I am þe firſte ⁊ þe laſte […]

     And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet like I was dead. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid; I am the first and the last […]

3. The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
4. An animal's track or prints.
5. One of a set of units of measurement:
   1. foot (unit for measuring length)
   2. square foot (unit for measuring area)
   3. (prosody) A metrical foot
6. The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
   1. The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
   2. The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
7. (figurative) An individual; a human.

Derived terms

• fot hot
• fotbal
• foted
• foten
• fotles
• fotman
• fotynge

Descendants

• English: foot (see there for further descendants)
• English: (West Yorkshire) fooit
• Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
• Yola: voote

References

• “fọ̄t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

fot (kroppsdel)

Wikipedia ^no

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

fot (måleenhet)

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føtter, definite plural føttene)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)

Derived terms

• flyttefot
• fotavtrykk
• fotball
• fotfeste
• fotgjenger
• fotnote
• fotspor
• fotsåle
• fottrinn
• fottur
• fottøy
• på frifot
• svømmefot
• til fots

References

• “fot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

fot

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Eininga fot

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Akin to English foot, Latin pēs, and Ancient Greek πούς (poús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːt/

Noun

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)

Inflection

Historical inflection of fot

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen1		Fot	Foten	Føter	Føterne
1901				føter (føtar)	føterne (føtane)
1917				føter [føtter]	føtene2 [føttene]
1938 (current)		fot	foten	føter	føtene

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
• ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. ²Form had been allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Derived terms

• flyttefot
• fotavtrykk
• fotball
• fotfeste
• fotgjengar
• fotnote
• fotspor
• fottur
• fottøy
• på frifot
• stå på god fot med
• svømmefot
• symjefot
• til fots

References

• “fot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.