footnote

footnote
footnote (n.) 1841, from FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.) + NOTE (Cf. note) (n.). So called from its original position at the foot of a page. Also sometimes formerly Bottom note. As a verb, from 1864. Related: Footnoted; footnoting.

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