footless

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Without feet.
2. (colloquial) Clumsy or inept.

Concepten

log

plomp

Synoniemen

legless

unsubstantial

one-legged

stemless

stupid

apodous

apodal

having no feet

inept

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English fotles, from Old English *fōtlēas (only found as fēþelēas (“footless”)), from Proto-Germanic *fōtalausaz (“footless”), equivalent to foot + -less. Cognate with Dutch voetloos, German fußlos, Swedish fotlös, Icelandic fótalaus (“footless, legless”).