Boot

Morpheme

Boot

Type

free base

Denotation

heavy shoe that covers part of the leg

Etymology

Middle English boote, bote; Old French bote

Evidence

boot, bootblack, booted, bootee, bootful, bootheel, boothook, boothose, bootikin, booting, bootjack, bootlace, bootleg, bootless, bootlicker, bootlike, bootneck, boots, bootscraper, bootsole, bootstep, bootstrap, bootstripe, fieldboot, jackboot, overboot, rainboot, seaboot, snowboot, unboot, workboot

Notes

“kick” sense developed from “footwear” sense

See Also

Boot

Homographs

Boot, Boot