Barefoot

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From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt(“barefoot”), from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts(“barefoot”) equivalent to bare +‎ foot. Cognate with Scots barefit(“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts(“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets(“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß(“barefoot”), Danish barfodet(“barefoot”), Swedish barfota(“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur(“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס‎ (borves, “barefoot”).

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barefoot (adj.)

"without shoes and stockings," Old English bærfot; see bare (adj.) + foot (n.). Similar compounds in other Germanic languages.