English

footgear

From foot + gear.

A compound of foot + gear

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Proto-Germanic *garwijaną ‘to prepare’

Old Norse gervi ‘gear, apparel’

Middle English gere ‘equipment, gear’

English gear

Today it means

noun Sturdy footwear.

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

Etymograph / footgear