A compound of foot + rim
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 *rimô
Proto-West Germanic *rimō
Old English rima ‘rim, edge, border, bank, coast’
Middle English rim
English rim
Today it means
noun The usually circular ring at the base of a ceramic vessel that supports it on a surface and may display markings of provenance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footrim
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