Shod
/ʃɒd/noun
Wearing shoes or having shoes fitted on the feet.
Did you know?In Old English, the past tense and past participle of *shoe* were already being used in forms like *shod*, showing how everyday words can preserve very old Germanic verb patterns.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skeu-
“to cover, wrap, or conceal”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skōhō
“shoe, covering for the foot”
Old English
OE
scōh, scōhian
“shoe; to shoe”
Middle English
ME
shod
“fitted with shoes; wearing shoes”
Modern English
EN
shod
“wearing shoes or having shoes fitted on the feet”