Where does “bathorse” come from?

bathorse (English) comes from English HORSE, from Middle English horse, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

bathorse (English): A horse which carries an officer's baggage during...

Definitions

  1. A horse which carries an officer's baggage during...

Ancestry of “bathorse”, step by step

bathorse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English HORSE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHORSEA poker variant consisting of five different...
2Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishhorshorse
4Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
5Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via French bât

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbâtpacksaddle
2Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
3Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
4Latinbastāre—
5Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →