different between footer vs footstep

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?t?/
• Hyphenation: foot?er
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot +? -er.

Noun

footer (plural footers)

1. (archaic) A footgoer; pedestrian
2. (computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document (compare foot, 13).
3. (in combination) something that is a stated number of feet in some dimension - such as a six-footer.
4. (in combination) someone who has a preference for a certain foot - such as right-footer/left-footer

Antonyms

• (computing sense): header

Translations

Etymology 2

From football +? -er (“Oxford -er”)

Noun

footer (plural footers)

1. (chiefly Britain, slang) Football / soccer.

Etymology 3

18th century. From fouter, foutre (“valueless thing”), possibly from French foutre (“to lecher”), from Latin futuere, present active infinitive of futu? (“I fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to hit”).

Verb

footer (third-person singular simple present footers, present participle footering, simple past and past participle footered)

2. (Ireland and Scotland, slang) To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.

   Synonyms: fidget, fuss, trifle; see also Thesaurus:loiter

Derived terms

• footle

Translations

References

Anagrams

• foetor, fœtor, refoot, tofore

English

Etymology

From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *f?tstepe, *f?tstæpe (attested only in derivative f?tstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot +? step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?tst?p/
• Hyphenation: foot?step

Noun

footstep (plural footsteps)

1. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.

   The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.

2. By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.

   To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair.

3. The sound made by walking, running etc.

   The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.

4. A step, as in a stair.

   The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway.

5. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.

   Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon.

6. The act of taking a step.

   Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!
7. (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

Synonyms

• (mark left by a foot): footprint, step, track
• (signs of a course taken): point, path, step, trail
• (sound of a footstep): footfall, plod, step, tread
• (step, as in a stair): riser, step
• (distance of one footstep): pace, step, stride
• (act of taking a step): pace, plod, step, stride, tread

Related terms

• footer

Translations

Anagrams

• step foot