Where does “footfag” come from?
footfag (English) comes from English fag, from English faggot, from Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot, from Vulgar Latin facus, from Latin fascis, from Latin fasciō, from Latin fascia — bundle, heap, load.
footfag (English): Someone, especially a male, with a foot fetish
Definitions
- Someone, especially a male, with a foot fetish
Ancestry of “footfag”, step by step
footfag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fag | In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect... |
| 2 | English | faggot | A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be... |
| 3 | Middle English | fagot | A piece of wood for burning; firewood; A faggot... |
| 4 | Old French | fagot | fagot |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | facus | — |
| 6 | Latin | fascis | A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package,... |
| 7 | Latin | fasciō | to envelop with bands, swathe |
| 8 | Latin | fascia | band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰasḱ- | bundle, heap, load |
via English foot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foot | A biological structure found in many animals that... |
| 2 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 3 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |