Etymograph

English

topboot

From top + boot.

A compound of top + boot

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Old French bote ‘a high, thick shoe’

Middle English boote ‘shoe’

English boot

Today it means

noun A high boot, generally with a band of light-coloured leather around the upper part of the leg; a riding boot.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “topboot”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / topboot