Etymology

horsemeat

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Today it means: The meat from a horse. Full definition →

English meat ← Middle English mete ← Old English mete
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wérsēn
  6. Proto-Indo-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šā
  7. Proto-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šāder.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*hrussą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*hross
  10. Old Englishhors
  11. Middle Englishhors
  12. Englishhorse
  13. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-
  14. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  15. Proto-West Germanic*mati
  16. Old Englishmete
  17. Middle Englishmete
  18. Englishmeat
  19. English todayhorsemeat

From horse + meat.

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