English

foot-jaw

From foot + jaw.

A compound of foot + jaw

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Middle English jawe/jowe

English jaw

Today it means

noun A limb of a crustacean, insect, or other arthropod, that acts as an accessory mouth-part.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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