Meaning

noun the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

noun the back part of the human foot

noun someone who is morally reprehensible

originEtymology tree Middle English hele English heel From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock. Compare North Frisian haiel, West Frisian hyl, Dutch hiel, German Low German Hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl.

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