footprint

noun

the area taken up by some object

a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

Roots

fotfoot- · Old English · foot premereprint- · Latin · impression, mark pressed in

Synonyms for footprint

footmarkn ichnolite ichnite footstepn stepn imprintv spoorn thumbprintn pugmark vestigen

Words related to footprint

ornithichnite hoofprintn handprint vestigium hoofmark footfalln trackwayadj footbreadth tracesn treadv mistrace fingermarkn footn refoot printlessadj

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Where does footprint come from?

The word footprint breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Latin origin: foot, from Old English fot (“foot”); and print, from Latin premere (“impression, mark pressed in”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.