calceology
The study of footwear, especially historical footwear.
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Such is the gist of the laborious Benedict's researches in Calceology, which are valuable in so far as they are based on passages from writers contemporary, or nearly so, with the shoes and shoe-customs which they describe.
Where it comes from
A classical compound (modern coinage), with components derived from Latin calcei ("shoes") + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, "-logy, branch of study, to speak").
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry calceology (CC BY-SA 4.0).