Etymology of the English word footwall
the English word
footwallderived from the English word
wallderived from the Late Latin word
vallum (wall; rampart, walled; wall, rampart; entrenchment)
derived from the Latin word
vallus (stake, palisade, point)
derived from the Latin word
vannus (winnowing basket)
derived from the English word
footderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fotderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ped-Usage
Word found in Modern English
