Where does “horsekeeper” come from?

horsekeeper (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.

horsekeeper (English): A person who looks after horses, for example in a...

Definitions

  1. A person who looks after horses, for example in a...

Ancestry of “horsekeeper”, step by step

horsekeeper 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 English keeper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkeeperOne who keeps something; A person or thing worth...
2Middle Englishkepere—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →