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feter

Pronunciation: /ˈfe.ter/

“feter” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. fetter

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”), Old High German fezzera, obsolete German Fesser, and Old Norse fjǫturr.

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