English

footsweat

foot + sweat

A compound of foot + sweat

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 *sweyd- ‘to sweat’

Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- ‘to sweat’

Proto-Germanic *swait-

Old English swāt

Middle English swete ‘blood’

English sweat

Today it means

noun Sweat from or on a foot.

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

Etymograph / footsweat