English
footbath
From foot + bath.
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt
Old English fōt ‘foot’
Middle English fot ‘foot’
English foot
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- ‘to warm’
Proto-Germanic *baþą
Proto-West Germanic *baþ
Old English bæþ
Middle English bath ‘a medicinal or curative bath’
English bath
Today it means
noun The act of soaking or washing the feet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footbath