Where does “klavalier” come from?

klavalier (English) comes from English Cavalier, from Middle French cavalier — horseman.

klavalier (English): A member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or...

Definitions

  1. A member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or...

Ancestry of “klavalier”, step by step

klavalier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cavalier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCavalierA royalist partisan of Charles I of England during the English Civil War, especially from the upper classes
2Middle Frenchcavalierhorseman

via English klan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishklanAlternative letter-case form of Klan
2EnglishKlanKu Klux Klan
Every word from Middle French cavalier →