Farrier
/ˈfær.i.ər/noun
A person who shoes horses and cares for their hooves.
Did you know?Farrier comes through Old French from Latin ferrum, “iron,” so the word’s deepest root is the same one behind a whole family of iron-linked terms and the ancient prestige of metalworking.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰer-
“to carry, bear”
Latin
Latin
ferrum
“iron”
Old French
OF
ferrier
“one who works with iron; smith”
Middle English
ME
farrier
“a blacksmith, especially one who shoes horses”
Modern English
English
farrier
“a person who shoes horses and trims and cares for their hooves”