Where does “horseplayer” come from?

horseplayer (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.

horseplayer (English): A person who bets on horse races

Definitions

  1. A person who bets on horse races

Ancestry of “horseplayer”, step by step

horseplayer 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 player

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplayerOne that plays; One who is playful; one without...
2Middle EnglishpleyerOne who makes entertainment for themselves; One...
3Old Englishpleġereplayer, athlete, wrestler
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hross →