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