Etymology

racehorse

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Today it means: A horse that competes in races. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
  2. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  4. Old Englishrǣs
  5. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  6. Old Norserás
  7. Middle Englishrace
  8. Englishrace
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérsēn
  14. Proto-Indo-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šā
  15. Proto-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šāder.?
  16. Proto-Germanic*hrussą
  17. Proto-West Germanic*hross
  18. Old Englishhors
  19. Middle Englishhors
  20. Englishhorse
  21. English todayracehorse

From race + horse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.