English

footwoman

From foot + woman.

A compound of foot + woman

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A female servant equivalent to a footman.

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

Etymograph / footwoman