Where does “chevalier” come from?

chevalier (French) comes from French cheval, from French bois, from Middle French boys, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

chevalier (French): knight; sandpiper

Definitions

  1. knight; sandpiper

Ancestry of “chevalier”, step by step

chevalier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cheval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchevalhorse; horsepower; tall and slim woman, beautiful...
2Frenchboiswood; wood, woodland; antler
3Middle Frenchboyswood
4Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
5Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
6Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Middle French chevalier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchchevalierknight
2Old Frenchchevalierknight
3Late Latincaballariushorseman

Words derived from “chevalier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →