"highway robber," 1680s, from foot (n.) + pad "pathway, footpath" (1670s), from Middle Dutch pad "way, path," from Proto-Germanic *patha- "way, path" (see pad (v.1), and compare path). Pad was a cant word among thieves and vagabonds, in expressions such as stand pad "stand by the wayside begging."
footlights
foot-locker
footloose
footman
footnote
footpad
foot-path
footprint
foot-race
foot-rail
foot-rest
