English

horseplayer

From horse + player.

A compound of horse + player

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-West Germanic *plegārī

Old English pleġere ‘player, athlete’

Middle English pleyere ‘one who plays a game or sport’

Today it means

noun A person who bets on horse races.

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

Etymograph / horseplayer