English

horsefoot

From horse + foot.

A compound of horse + foot

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Today it means

noun Coltsfoot, a plant of species (Tussilago farfara)

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

Etymograph / horsefoot