Where does “horsepox” come from?

horsepox (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.

horsepox (English): A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus

Definitions

  1. A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus

Ancestry of “horsepox”, step by step

horsepox 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 pox

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoxA disease characterized by purulent skin...
2Middle Englishpocke—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →