Where does “Cabaleiro” come from?

Cabaleiro (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cavaleiro, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

Cabaleiro (Galician): horseman; horserider person who rides a horse

Definitions

  1. horseman; horserider person who rides a horse

Ancestry of “Cabaleiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecavaleiroknight; a noble ranked below an "infançon" and...
2Late Latincaballariushorseman
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Late Latin caballarius →