foteman
Middle English
/ˈfoːtman/
noun
Definitions
- A footman; a fighter who battles without a horse.
- One who journeys or voyages on foot.
- A hireling or messenger who travels on foot.
- (rare) A melee fighter; one who fights without ranged weapons.
Etymology
Affix from Middle English fot (foot) + Middle English man (person, man).
Origin
Middle English
man
Gloss
person, man
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foot English
- footman English
- footmanly English
- footmanship English
- lightfoot English
- man English
- πολλοί, πολύς Ancient Greek
- *fōtman Old English
- fōt Old English
- man Old English
- mann Old English
- animan Middle English
- foman Middle English
- footeles Middle English
- footen Middle English
- fot Middle English
- fot hot Middle English
- foteball Middle English
- foted Middle English
- fotyng Middle English
- horsman Middle English
- jorneman Middle English
- lewed man Middle English
- loresman Middle English
- man Middle English
- mankynde Middle English
- manscipe Middle English
- myster man Middle English
- noman Middle English
- sherman Middle English
- tylman Middle English
- womman Middle English
- man Old Norse
- maun Scots