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French word pied comes from Proto-Indo-European *ped-, Proto-Indo-European *pezd-, and later Old French pié ((anatomy) foot.)

*ped- (Proto-Indo-European)

*pezd- (Proto-Indo-European)

pes (Latin)

(anatomy) a human foot. (botany) the pedicel or stalk of a fruit. (figuratively) a place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil. (furniture) the bottom of a leg of a table, chair, stool, etc.. (geography) the base of a mountain. (music) tempo, pace, time. (nautical) a rope attached to a sail in order to set. (poetry) a metrical foot: the basic unit of metered poetry. (units of measure) [...]

pié (Old French)

(anatomy) foot.

pied (Middle French)

Foot.

pied (French)

(anatomy) foot. (poetry) foot. An old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres. Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres). Leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it).

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