footstep
Meanings
noun
- The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
- The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
- The sound made by walking, running etc.
- A step, as in a stair.
- The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
- The act of taking a step.
- An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
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Etymology
From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”).
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