Κυριακή 14 Νοεμβρίου 2010

Etymology of foot

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Origin of foot.
The word foot comes from the Latin pes "foot" (gen. pedos), which is related to the Greek Attic pous "foot" (gen. podos; πούς).




In modern Greek.
a) podi: foot [πόδι]
b) podosphero: football [podo- (foot) + spher (sphere, ball); ποδόσφαιρο]

OED


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