Where does “cavaler” come from?
cavaler (French) comes from French cavale, from Occitan cavala, from Italian cavalla, from Latin caballa, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cavaler (French): to rush about; to be on the run; to bestride
Definitions
- to rush about; to be on the run; to bestride
Ancestry of “cavaler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | cavale | mare; escape; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Occitan | cavala | mare |
| 3 | Italian | cavalla | mare; female equivalent of cavallo |
| 4 | Latin | caballa | — |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |