Is footpath a noun

The Word footpath compund noun, a Word formed by joining two Words to form a Word with its own meaning. The Word footpath is a singular, common, compound noun. There are three types of compound nouns:

open spaced: tennis shoe, front door, paint brush

hyphenated: mother-in-law, fifty-five, six-pack

closed: bathtub, Baseball, houseboat, and footpath

A proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title; such as the painting by Claude Monet called 'Footpath In The Garden'.