footed

as inpay
as inreckon
as intotal
as intread
as intrek
as inwalk
as incast
as inambulate
as intot
as intotalize
as incount
as infigure

Synonyms for footed

verb give money for goods, services

Antonyms for footed

Word Origin & History

Old English fot, from Proto-Germanic *fot (cf. Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE *ped- (cf. Avestan pad-; Sanskrit pad-, accusative padam "foot;" Greek pos, Attic pous, genitive podos; Latin pes, genitive pedis "foot;" Lithuanian padas "sole," peda "footstep"). Plural form feet is an instance of i-mutation. Of a bed, grave, etc., first recorded c.1300.

The linear measurement of 12 inches was in Old English, from the length of a man's foot. Colloquial exclamation my foot! expressing "contemptuous contradiction" [OED] is first attested 1923, probably a euphemism for my ass, in the same sense, which dates back to 1796. The metrical foot (Old English, translating Latin pes, Greek pous in the same sense) is commonly taken as a reference to keeping time by tapping the foot.

To get off on the right foot is from 1905; to put one's best foot foremost first recorded 1849 (Shakespeare has the better foot before, 1596). To put one's foot in (one's) mouth "say something stupid" is attested by 1942; the expression put (one's) foot in something "make a mess of it" is from 1823.

Example Sentences forfooted

Fleetly David footed the stairs and returned with two soup plates.

Mr. George added this sum to the column, and then footed it up.

She footed it briskly along the platform of the Dobb's Ferry station.

Set it to their credit, they footed it almost as lightly as the youngest.

He must advance, and on he footed, the little dog following.

“North” having won the toss, we footed it gaily in that direction.

Once, when I was a kid, I footed it out to a resort near my home.

Once there, I was at home, and we footed it up to the Presidio.

Miserable three footed dog, what maiden did you think to greet?

I bet I've footed it a million miles through the sand, Mr. Johnson.