English

footrub

From foot + rub.

A compound of foot + rub

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 rubben ‘to abrade’

English rub

Today it means

noun A massage of the feet.

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