Where does “cavall” come from?
cavall (Catalan) comes from Late Latin caballus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.
cavall (Catalan): horse; knight; horse, H
Ancestry of “cavall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | caballus | horse |
| 2 | Latin | caballus | horse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | kaballos | horse |