English
goadster
From goad + -ster.
Formed from goad + -ster
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘to drive, move, hurl, fling’
Proto-Germanic *gaidō ‘prickle’
Proto-West Germanic *gaidu
Old English gād
Middle English gode
English goad
Today it means
noun One who drives an animal by means of a goad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / goadster