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Where does “caballo” come from?

caballo (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl cahuallo, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

caballo (Classical Nahuatl): Alternative spelling of cahuallo

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of cahuallo

Ancestry of “caballo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlcahuallohorse
2Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
3New Latincavallushorse
4Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
5Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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