Etymology

footwear

foot·wear
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Today it means: Accesories or clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Proto-Germanic*fōts
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fōt
  5. Old Englishfōt
  6. Middle Englishfot
  7. Englishfoot
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  10. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  12. Old Englishwerian
  13. Middle Englishweren
  14. Englishwear
  15. English todayfootwear

From foot + -wear.

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