Plural of footage; lengths measured in feet, or recorded images captured by cameras in film or video.
From 'foot' (Old English) combined with '-age' (a suffix meaning quantity, mass, or collection), creating 'footage' to mean video material or distance measured in feet.
The word 'footage' reveals how old and new meanings coexist—originally it just meant distance in feet, but when film arrived, it was called 'footage' because reels were measured in feet, and now that's its primary meaning despite the method changing.
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