† petifootn.

Forms: Middle English pedifeet (plural), Middle English petifeet (plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: petty adj., foot n.

Etymology: < petty adj. + foot n., after classical Latin pediculus pedicle n.²The form pedifeet is presumably influenced by the Latin word (compare pedi- comb. form).

Obsolete. rare.

A peduncle, a pedicel; spec. the stalk of a fruit.

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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > pedicel or footstalk

stalkc1325

starta1400

tinea1400

petifoot?1440

footling1562

footstalk1562

strig1565

stem1600

tail1613

pedicle1626

pedal1660

pedicel1682

peduncle1702

ray1729

stipes1760

stipe1785

flower-stalk1789

fruit-stalk1796

podium1866

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > other projections or appendages

petifoot?1440

parachute1826

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 902 Other meles wol with hondes pulle, And dippe her litel feet in picche al warme And..ley hem on a tabull..And let her petifeet [L. pediculorum partes] downward be wende.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 375 (MED) To kepe hem [sc. pomegranates] long also, Let picche her pedifeet, & honge hem hie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	petifoot
释义	† petifootn. Forms: Middle English pedifeet (plural), Middle English petifeet (plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: petty adj., foot n. Etymology: < petty adj. + foot n., after classical Latin pediculus pedicle n.²The form pedifeet is presumably influenced by the Latin word (compare pedi- comb. form). Obsolete. rare. A peduncle, a pedicel; spec. the stalk of a fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > pedicel or footstalk stalkc1325 starta1400 tinea1400 petifoot?1440 footling1562 footstalk1562 strig1565 stem1600 tail1613 pedicle1626 pedal1660 pedicel1682 peduncle1702 ray1729 stipes1760 stipe1785 flower-stalk1789 fruit-stalk1796 podium1866 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > other projections or appendages petifoot?1440 parachute1826 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 902 Other meles wol with hondes pulle, And dippe her litel feet in picche al warme And..ley hem on a tabull..And let her petifeet [L. pediculorum partes] downward be wende. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 375 (MED) To kepe hem [sc. pomegranates] long also, Let picche her pedifeet, & honge hem hie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1440
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