Where does “cavalier” come from?

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

cavalier (Finnish): Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Cavalier breed of spaniel

Definitions

  1. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Cavalier breed of spaniel

Ancestry of “cavalier”, step by step

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