midfoot en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English foot English midfoot From mid- + foot.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In the middle of one's foot; between the heel and the toes
Tuck sustained a serious Lisfranc (midfoot) sprain that required surgery.
2007 August 27, John Branch, “Giants’ Tuck Excels as Strahan’s Replacement”, in New York Times: