English
footbinding
From foot + binding.
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 *bʰendʰ- ‘to tie, bind’
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Proto-West Germanic *bindan ‘to bind, to tie’
Old English bindan ‘to bind, constrain’
Middle English binden ‘to bind, fasten’
Middle English byndynge
English binding
Today it means
noun The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footbinding