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Where does “horsesit” come from?

horsesit (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.

horsesit (English): To babysit for a horse

Definitions

  1. To babysit for a horse

Ancestry of “horsesit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “horsesit”

  • horsesitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →