English

footstone

From foot + stone.

A compound of foot + stone

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 *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Today it means

noun A gravestone placed at the foot of a grave; typically smaller than a headstone, and frequently resembling a large cobblestone.

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

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