English
pugmark
From pug (“pawprint or footprint of an animal”) + mark.
A compound of pug ‘pawprint or footprint of an animal’ + mark
Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’
Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’
Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’
Old English mearc ‘mark’
Middle English mark
English mark
Today it means
noun The print or track of an animal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pugmark