English

hoofprint

From hoof + print.

A compound of hoof + print

Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós

Proto-Germanic *hōfaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōf

Old English hōf ‘a hoof’

Middle English hof

English hoof

Latin imprimō ‘to press into, imprint’

Middle English emprinten ‘to impress, imprint’

Middle English *printen

English print

Today it means

noun The mark of a hoof.

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

Etymograph / hoofprint