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

Definitions

  1. horse; knight; horse, H

Ancestry of “cavall”, step by step

cavall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin caballus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincaballushorse
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

via Old Welsh Caball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old WelshCaball—

Words derived from “cavall”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Late Latin caballus →