Where does “uncavalier” come from?

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

uncavalier (English): Not cavalier

Definitions

  1. Not cavalier

Ancestry of “uncavalier”, step by step

uncavalier 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 un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne

Words derived from “uncavalier”

Every word from Middle French cavalier →Every word from English Cavalier →
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