English
footpass
From foot + pass.
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 *peth₂- ‘to spread, stretch out’
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Latin passus ‘a step’
Vulgar Latin *passō ‘to step, walk, pass’
Old French passer ‘to step, walk, pass’
Middle English passen ‘to pass’
English pass
Today it means
noun A pass made by kicking the ball through the air directly to a teammate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footpass