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Where does “cavale” come from?

cavale (French) comes from Occitan cavala, from Italian cavalla, from Latin caballa, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cavale (French): mare; escape; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. mare; escape; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “cavale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitancavalamare
2Italiancavallamare; female equivalent of cavallo
3Latincaballa—
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cavale”

  • cavaler
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →