footer.
A footgoer; pedestrian
Meaning & usage
A footgoer; pedestrian
A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)
Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension.
The new boat is a six-footer.
Both of my sons are six-footers.
Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot.
a right-footer
Where this word comes from
From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -er.
Football / soccer.
A football.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Germanic *fōts Proto-West Germanic *fōt Old English fōt Middle English fot Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal Middle English fotbal English football English -er English footer From football + -er (“Oxford -er”).
To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.
Where this word comes from
18th century. From fouter, foutre (“valueless thing”), possibly from French foutre (“to lecher”), from Latin futuere (“to fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”).
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