English

horseperson

From horse + person.

A compound of horse + person

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A horseman or horsewoman.

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

Etymograph / horseperson