пехо́та • (pexóta) f inan (genitive пехо́ты, nominative plural пехо́ты, genitive plural пехо́т)
From Proto-Slavic *pěchъ, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *pēd-, a variant of Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate to Russian под (pod, “floor, ground”).