Where does “cheval” come from?
Cheval comes from French cheval, from Latin caballus, from Gaulish caballos, ultimately denoting a horse or riding animal in Celtic languages.
cheval (English): A horse; hence, a support or frame
Definitions
- A horse; hence, a support or frame
Ancestry of “cheval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cheval | horse; horsepower; tall and slim woman, beautiful... |
| 2 | French | bois | wood; wood, woodland; antler |
| 3 | Middle French | boys | wood |
| 4 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 5 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |