English
horseload
From horse + load.
Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’
Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’
Old English hors ‘horse’
Middle English hors ‘a horse’
English horse
Proto-Indo-European *leyt- ‘to go, go forth’
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Proto-Germanic *laidō ‘leading, way’
Proto-West Germanic *laidu
Old English lād ‘course, journey; carrying’
Middle English lode ‘way, course; burden’
English load
Today it means
noun The amount that a horse can haul on horseback.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / horseload