footing
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
footing (countable and uncountable, plural footings)
- A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:
- In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.
- A standing; position; established place; foothold.
- 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- As soon, however, as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner […] made him a favorite.
- A relative condition; state.
- 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
- [L]ived on a footing of equality with nobles.
- (dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
- (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The Monster swift as word, that from her went,
Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace […].
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 38, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.
- Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
- 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
- Terry lost his footing to allow Van Persie to race clear for Arsenal's fourth after 85 minutes before the Netherlands striker completed a second treble against Chelsea by hammering his third past Petr Cech deep into stoppage time.
- He lost his footing and fell down.
- It was difficult to keep my footing on the ship during the storm.
- The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
- 1866, Francis A. Corliss, Supreme Court, County of New York (p.111)
- The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.
- 1866, Francis A. Corliss, Supreme Court, County of New York (p.111)
- The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
- the footing of a stocking
- A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil[1].
- (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
- (accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a ground for the foot
a standing; position; established place; basis for operation
a relative condition; state
a tread; step; especially, measured tread
VerbEdit
footing
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Pseudo-anglicism, from English foot (“foot, to walk”) + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
footing m (uncountable)
- (France) Exercise walking, jogging (as a form of exercise)
- Synonym: jogging
- 2014, Erin McCahan, Cool, Sweet, Hot, Love, Nathan (publ.), page 8.
- Je ne comprends pas ceux qui font du footing à deux.
- I don't understand those who jog in pairs.
Further readingEdit
- “footing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French footing, pseudo-anglicism, from English foot (“foot, to walk”) + -ing.
NounEdit
footing m (uncountable)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French footing, and this a pseudo-anglicism.
NounEdit
footing m (invariable)
- jogging
- 2006, Vittorino Andreoli, Alfabeto delle relazioni, BUR Saggi.
- Fa sport agonistico, nel footing è più atletico dei propri figli.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2006, Vittorino Andreoli, Alfabeto delle relazioni, BUR Saggi.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French footing, and this a pseudo-anglicism, from English foot (“foot, to walk”) + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
footing m (uncountable)
- jogging (as a form of exercise), running
- 2014, Alex de Deus Monteiro, El hijo de un Dios Mayor, Bubok Publishing, →ISBN, page 24:
- —¿Todos los días hace footing? —preguntó Pancho.
- —Are you jogging every day? —asked Pancho.
Usage notesEdit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further readingEdit
- “footing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014