Etymology

ahorse

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Today it means: On the back of a horse; on horseback. Full definition →

English horse ← Middle English hors ← Old English hors
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The story

  1. Englisha-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wérsēn
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šā
  8. Proto-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šāder.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*hrussą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*hross
  11. Old Englishhors
  12. Middle Englishhors
  13. Englishhorse
  14. English todayahorse

From a- + horse.

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