Etymograph

English

Muleshoe

Presumably from mule + shoe (“type of horseshoe”).

Formed from mule + shoe ‘type of horseshoe’

Middle English mule

English mule

Proto-Germanic *skōhaz

Proto-West Germanic *skōh

Old English sċōh

Middle English scho ‘a shoe’

English shoe

The story

It was named after Muleshoe Ranch, where a mule shoe was apparently found.

Today it means

name A city, the county seat of Bailey County, Texas, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Muleshoe