English

topweight

From top + weight.

A compound of top + weight

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Proto-Germanic *wihtiz

Old English wiht

Middle English weight

Today it means

noun The horse, in a particular race, carrying the heaviest weight

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

Etymograph / topweight