English
footguard
From foot + guard.
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 *wardāną ‘to guard, protect’
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Early Medieval Latin wardō
Old French guarder ‘to protect, guard’
Old French guarde ‘protection; guard’
Middle English garde ‘guardianship’
English guard
Today it means
noun A soldier who goes on foot, without a horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footguard