English

highpad

From high + pad.

A compound of high + pad

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

West Flemish pad ‘sole of the foot’

English pad

Today it means

noun highwayman

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