English

lobefoot

From lobe + foot.

A compound of lobe + foot

Ancient Greek λοβός ‘the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod…’

New Latin lobus ‘a lobe’

Middle French lobe

English lobe

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 A bird with lobate toes, especially the phalarope.

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

Etymograph / lobefoot