English

seaboot

From sea + boot.

A compound of sea + boot

Proto-Germanic *saiwiz ‘sea, lake’

Proto-West Germanic *saiwi ‘body of water’

Old English sǣ

Middle English see ‘sea’

English sea

Old French bote ‘a high, thick shoe’

Middle English boote ‘shoe’

English boot

Today it means

noun A waterproof boot for use on ships in bad weather.

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