Where does “cavaller” come from?

cavaller (Catalan) comes from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cavaller (Catalan): knight

Definitions

  1. knight

Ancestry of “cavaller”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cavaller”

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