Etymograph

English

heelprint

From heel + print.

A compound of heel + print

Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’

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Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz ‘heel (of the foot)’

Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō

Old English hēla ‘heel (of the foot)’

Middle English hele

English heel

Latin imprimō ‘to press into, imprint’

Middle English emprinten ‘to impress, imprint’

Middle English *printen

English print

Today it means

noun A partial footprint left by a heel.

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

Etymograph / heelprint