Tired or exhausted specifically from walking or standing a lot, with sore or aching feet.
Compound of 'foot' + 'weary' (tired). Emerged in Middle English as a poetic and descriptive term for the specific fatigue that comes from foot travel.
Medieval travelers would have been constantly footweary—a journey from London to Dover could take 3 days on foot, and blistered, aching feet were just an accepted part of life!
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