Etymograph

English

singlefoot

From single + foot.

A compound of single + foot

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Latin singulus ‘one each’

Old French sengle

Middle English single

English single

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Today it means

noun A horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “singlefoot”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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