English
footsoldiery
From foot + soldiery.
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt
Old English fōt ‘foot’
Middle English fot ‘foot’
English foot
Today it means
noun Foot soldiers collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footsoldiery