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Where does “horsesitter” come from?

horsesitter (English) comes from English horsesit, 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.

horsesitter (English): One who horsesits; one who looks after a horse

Definitions

  1. One who horsesits; one who looks after a horse

Ancestry of “horsesitter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhorsesitTo babysit for a horse
2EnglishHORSEA poker variant consisting of five different...
3Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
4Old Englishhorshorse
5Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
6Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
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