English

forehorse

From fore- + horse.

Formed from fore- + horse

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Today it means

noun The foremost horse in a team of horses; a lead horse

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

Etymograph / forehorse