English
footrope
From foot + rope.
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 *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’
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Proto-Germanic *raipaz ‘strip’
Proto-West Germanic *raip ‘strip, band’
Old English rāp ‘rope, cord, cable’
Middle English rop ‘a rope’
English rope
Today it means
noun a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footrope