Question: where does the phrase to get cold feet come from

title: Cold feet
text: The origin of the term itself has been largely attributed to American author Stephen Crane , who added the phrase , in 1896 , to the second edition of his short novel , Maggie : A Girl of the Streets . Crane writes , `` I knew this was the way it would be . They got cold feet . '' The term is present in `` Seed Time and Harvest '' by Fritz Reuter published in 1862 . Kenneth McKenzie , a former professor of Italian at Princeton University attributed the first use of the phrase to the play Volpone produced by Ben Jonson in 1605 . The true origin and first usage of the phrase remains debated and unconfirmed as exemplified above . 

Answer: answer: The origin of the term itself has been largely attributed to American author Stephen Crane, who added the phrase in 1896 to the second edition of his short novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.
However, the true origin and first usage of the phrase remains debated and unconfirmed.