English

footspur

From foot + spur.

A compound of foot + spur

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 *sperH- ‘to kick’

Proto-Germanic *spurô

Proto-West Germanic *spurō

Old English spora

Middle English spure

English spur

Today it means

noun A foothill that shoots from a mountain or range in a perpendicular direction.

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

Etymograph / footspur