Where does “descavalcar” come from?
descavalcar (Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin discaballicare, from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
descavalcar (Catalan): to dismount
Definitions
- to dismount
Ancestry of “descavalcar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | discaballicare | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | caballicare | present active infinitive of caballicō;... |
| 3 | Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 4 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |