Etymology

footnosis

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Today it means: Erotic hypnosis involving the feet as a subject of fixation. Full definition →

English hypnosis ← Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis) ← Proto-Hellenic *húpnos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Proto-Germanic*fōts
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fōt
  5. Old Englishfōt
  6. Middle Englishfot
  7. Englishfoot
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swep-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*supnós
  10. Proto-Hellenic*húpnos
  11. Ancient Greekὕπνος (húpnos)
  12. Ancient Greekὑπνόω (hupnóō)
  13. Ancient Greekὕπνωσις (húpnōsis)
  14. Englishhypnosis
  15. English todayfootnosis

Blend of foot + hypnosis.

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