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means The sound or mark left by a foot touching the ground — and by extension, a single pace in someone's journey or a path laid down for others to follow.

from A straightforward Old English compound: 'fot' (foot) plus 'stæpe' (step, from the verb 'steppan,' to tread). Both halves have walked through Germanic languages for over a thousand years practically unchanged, so the word has always meant exactly what it looks like — no hidden detours, just foot, then step.