Word Study
footnote
CIDE DICTIONARY
footnote, n.
A note of reference or comment at the foot{4} of a page. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
footnote, n. & v.
--n. a note printed at the foot of a page.
--v.tr. supply with a footnote or footnotes.
--n. a note printed at the foot of a page.
--v.tr. supply with a footnote or footnotes.
THESAURUS
footnote
adversaria, aide-memoire, annotation, apparatus criticus, comment, commentary, commentation, docket, entry, exegesis, gloss, item, jotting, marginal note, marginalia, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, minutes, notation, note, note of explanation, register, registry, reminder, scholia, scholium, word of explanationFor further exploring for "footnote" in Webster Dictionary Online