Where does “kavaliri” come from?

kavaliri (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kavaliro, from Italian cavaliere, from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kavaliri (Esperanto): to knight

Definitions

  1. to knight

Ancestry of “kavaliri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokavaliroknight
2Italiancavaliererider or horseman; cavalryman or trooper; an...
3Old Occitancavalier—
4Late Latincaballariushorseman
5Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
6Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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