English
horsesit
From horse + sit.
Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’
Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’
Old English hors ‘horse’
Middle English hors ‘a horse’
English horse
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
Proto-Germanic *sitjaną ‘to sit’
Proto-West Germanic *sittjan ‘to sit’
Old English sittan ‘to sit’
Middle English sitten ‘to sit’
English sit
Today it means
verb To babysit for (take care of) a horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / horsesit