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Greek foot en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot.

Meanings

1. The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.

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pous

Greek foot en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Greek artists' preference for bare feet exhibiting a second toe longer than the hallux, as opposed to the Egyptian statues which used a longer big toe.

Meanings

1. (countable) A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux.
2. (countable, uncountable) Morton's toe

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