English

footwashing

foot + washing

A compound of foot + washing

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Proto-West Germanic *waskingu

Old English *wæsċing//*weasċing

Middle English waschynge//wasshynge//weschynge

Today it means

noun The washing of a person's feet.

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

Etymograph / footwashing