instep的词源

英文词源

instep (n.)

mid-15c., apparently from in + step, "though this hardly makes sense" [Weekley]. An Old English word for "instep" was fotwelm. Middle English also had a verb instep "to track, trace" (c. 1400).

中文词源

instep：足背，鞋面

in-,进入，使，step,脚步，步伐。词义演变不是很清楚。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：instep 词源，instep 含义。