English

handsoap

From hand + soap.

A compound of hand + soap

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Germanic *saipǭ

Proto-West Germanic *saipā

Old English sāpe ‘soap, salve’

Middle English sope

English soap

Today it means

noun A (bar or liquid) soap for the hands.

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

Etymograph / handsoap