Etymology

horsecart

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Today it means: A cart drawn by one or more horses. Full definition →

Middle English *hors-cart ← Old English horscræt
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhorscræt“chariot”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*hors-cart
  3. English todayhorsecart

From horse + cart, perhaps continuing Middle English *hors-cart, from Old English horscræt (“chariot”, literally “horse-cart”).

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