Pied

Japanese: pied
Pied

… Another important series of degrees is that of the length of the foot from the heel to the toes. It is immediately clear from the meanings that Latin pes, English foot, German Fuss, Dutch voet, French pied, and Italian piede are examples of this. However, the actual meaning is unclear, and there are significant regional differences. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "pied" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 〈度〉のもう一つの重要な系列として〈足のかかとからつま先までの長さ〉に関するものがあげられる。ラテン語ペスpes,英語フートfoot,ドイツ語フースFuss,オランダ語フートvoet,フランス語ピエpied,イタリア語ピエーデpiedeなどがその例であることは,語義からも直ちに理解されよう。ただしその実体はあいまいで,地域による差が著しかった。…

※「pied」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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