Barefoot
/ˈbɛərˌfʊt/noun
Not wearing shoes or other footwear.
Did you know?Barefoot is a transparent Old English compound, and its second half comes from the same ancient root as French pied and Latin ped-—the hidden “foot” family behind countless words.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
bærfōt
“bare-footed; having no footwear”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bazaz + *fōts
“bare, uncovered + foot”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ped-
“foot”
Middle English
English
barefot
“without shoes”
Modern English
English
barefoot
“not wearing shoes”