From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe, West Frisian fuotstap, Dutch voetstap.
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