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DictionaryfooterBottom section
noun

footer

FUT-ur/ˈfʊtər/

The bottom section of a document, page, or webpage.

The page number appears in the footer beneath the empty body of the page.

A printed page with an empty body area and distinct bottom band containing a centered page number '12', footer highlighted subtly, no other text.
Etymology
footEnglishunit of length
+-erEnglishperson or thing characterized by

The sources show that foot came to mean the bottom of something, including a document. They do not establish how footer acquired its page-layout meaning.

In context

Chrome for Developers88:26
I fetch the article header, the body and the footer. So the header and the footer are coming from the cache.
Progressive Web App Summit 2016 - Day 1

More examples

  • The website's footer includes a link to its privacy policy.
  • Add page numbers to the report's footer.
  • The odd and even pages have different footers.

Forms

footer · footers

Similar words

bottom
Names the lowest area, not necessarily a distinct document section.
foot
Refers to a page's lower end rather than its formatted section.