Toe
/toʊ/noun
One of the five digits at the end of the human foot, or the corresponding part in some animals.
Did you know?Unlike words with dramatic occult origins, toe is a plain, ancient body-word whose deep history is still visible in its close relatives across Germanic languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deh₃-
“to put, place, or set”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*taihwō
“a digit of the foot”
Old English
OE
tā
“toe”
Middle English
ME
to
“toe”
Modern English
English
toe
“one of the digits of the foot”