English

trackhound

From track + hound.

A compound of track + hound

Old French trac ‘track of horses’

Middle English trak

English track

Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’

Proto-Germanic *hundaz ‘dog’

Proto-West Germanic *hund ‘dog’

Old English hund

Middle English hound ‘a hunting or sporting dog’

English hound

Today it means

noun Synonym of scent hound.

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

Etymograph / trackhound