The story
- Middle English · derived fromherder“herdsman”
- Middle English · derived fromhorder“keeper of a store of goods”
- English todayHorder
Two possible etymologies: * From Middle English horder (“keeper of a store of goods”), an occupational surname for a person who looked after other people's money. * A variant of Middle English herder (“herdsman”), an occupational surname.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishhorder all →
hoarder
Middle Englishherder all →
herder
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.