English
footsore
From foot + sore.
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 *seh₂iro-
Proto-Germanic *sairaz ‘sore, painful’
Proto-West Germanic *sair ‘painful, sore’
Old English sār ‘ache, wound’
Middle English sor
English sore
Today it means
adj Having sore feet, but perhaps also a certain sense of satisfaction, after walking or hiking too much.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footsore