Etymology

footsie

F4O1O1T1S1I1E1

Today it means: A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude. Full definition →

English foot ← Middle English fot ← Old English fōt
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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. English todayfootsie

From foot + -sie.

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