English

horsecar

From horse + car.

A compound of horse + car

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós ‘vehicle’

…

Gaulish *karros ‘wagon’

Latin carrus ‘two-wheeled baggage wagon’

Anglo-Norman carre

Middle English carre ‘cart’

English car

Today it means

noun A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

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

Etymograph / horsecar