English
footbow
From foot + bow.
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 *bʰewgʰ- ‘to bend’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰugʰ-
Proto-Germanic *bugô ‘bow (weapon)’
Old English boga ‘bow (weapon)’
Middle English bowe
English bow
Today it means
noun A bow whose arc is kept in place by the archer's feet when its string is drawn by hand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footbow