English

horseface

From horse + face.

A compound of horse + face

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Today it means

noun The face of a horse.

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

Etymograph / horseface