English

footglove

From foot + glove.

A compound of foot + glove

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 *galōfô

Proto-West Germanic *galōfō

Old English glōf ‘a glove’

Middle English glove ‘a glove or gauntlet’

English glove

Today it means

noun A kind of stocking.

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

Etymograph / footglove