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==Etymology== The word "foot", in the sense of meaning the "terminal part of the leg of a vertebrate animal" comes from [[Old English]] ''fot'', from Proto-Germanic *''fot'' (source also of Old Frisian ''fot'', Old Saxon ''fot'', Old Norse ''fotr'', Danish ''fod'', Swedish ''fot'', Dutch ''voet'', Old High German ''fuoz'', German ''FuΓ'', Gothic ''fotus'', all meaning "foot"), from [[Proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] root *''ped-'' "foot".<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/foot#etymonline_v_11759 |title=Foot |website=etymonline.com |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> The plural form ''feet'' is an instance of i-mutation.<ref name="auto"/>
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