# footmeal

> English word · Adverb

## Definitions
1. Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.

## Etymology
From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/footmeal