Where does “footman” come from?

footman (Middle English) comes from Old English fōtman.

footman (Middle English): Alternative form of foteman

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of foteman

Ancestry of “footman”, step by step

footman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fōtman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfōtman

via Old English fōtmann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfōtmann
Every word from Old English fōtman
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