English

footpump

From foot + pump.

A compound of foot + pump

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Middle English pumpe

English pump

Today it means

noun A pump operated by a person's foot.

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

Etymograph / footpump