With respect to the floor; in a manner relating to or positioned at the floor level.
Compound of 'floor' (Old English 'flor') and '-wise' (Old English suffix meaning 'manner' or 'direction'), similar to words like 'likewise' and 'clockwise'.
The '-wise' suffix is one of English's most versatile building blocks: clockwise, lengthwise, likewise, and floorwise all follow the same ancient pattern, but '-wise' has nearly disappeared from modern coining—we'd say 'floor-level' instead today.
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