Where does “cabalo” come from?

cabalo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cabalo (Galician): horse; knight

Definitions

  1. horse; knight

Ancestry of “cabalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecavalohorse
2Late Latincaballushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Late Latin caballus →