English

horsekeeper

From horse + keeper.

A compound of horse + keeper

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun A person who looks after horses, for example in a coal mine.

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

Etymograph / horsekeeper