English
galloper
From gallop + -er.
A compound of gallop + -er
Proto-Indo-European *klaup-
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to run, leap, spring’
Frankish *wala hlaupan ‘to run well’
Old French galoper ‘to gallop’
Middle English galopen ‘to gallop’
English gallop
Today it means
noun One who gallops.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / galloper