English

footpost

From foot + post.

A compound of foot + post

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 *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Italic *postis

Latin postis ‘door’

Old French post

Middle English post

English post

Today it means

noun A bedpost at the foot of a bed.

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

Etymograph / footpost