Meaning

noun the sound of a step of someone walking

noun the act of taking a step in walking

noun the distance covered by a step

originFrom Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0