Meaning
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous. Cognates *Scots fit (“foot”) *Yola voote (“foot”) *North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”) *Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”) *West Frisian foet (“foot”) *Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”) *Dutch voet (“foot”) *Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”) *German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”) *German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”) *Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”) *Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”) *Mòcheno vuas (“foot”) *Vilamovian füs (“foot”) *Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”) *Danish fod (“foot”) *Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”) *Jamtish fót (“foot”) *Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”) *Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
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NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 19 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-06-18TDEFIOX
- 2026-02-24OCFILNT
- 2025-12-31TUAOFCM
- 2025-11-02TEOPFIG
- 2025-10-25FAEKLOT
- 2025-10-01FACINOT
- 2025-02-01OBTFELU
- 2024-12-24TDUFEOX
- 2024-12-18TAOFCKR
- 2024-10-31OFTHGLU
- 2024-10-29OFYTRIM
- 2024-08-25FEOLIMT
+7 earlier appearances in the archive.