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Where does “capel” come from?

capel (English) comes from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

capel (English): A horse; A composite stone in the walls of tin...

Definitions

  1. A horse; A composite stone in the walls of tin...

Ancestry of “capel”, step by step

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