English
horsely
Horsely comes from Middle English horsly.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500horsly
- Englishearliest quotation 2011horsely
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500horsly
- Englishearliest quotation 2011horsely
Earliest quotation: 2011, K. M. Grant: “The best I can say is that it was…”
Formed from horse + -ly
Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’
Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’
Old English hors ‘horse’
Middle English hors ‘a horse’
English horse
Every English word from Middle English horsly
Today it means
adj Pertaining to, relating to, or similar to horses; horselike or equine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English horsly / horsely