English

footstalk

From foot + stalk.

A compound of foot + stalk

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 stalke

English stalk

Today it means

noun A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.

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

Etymograph / footstalk