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Where does “Kavallerie” come from?

Kavallerie (German) comes from French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria, from Italian cavaliere, from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

Kavallerie (German): cavalry

Definitions

  1. cavalry

Ancestry of “Kavallerie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcavaleriecavalry
2Italiancavalleriacavalry; chivalry; gallantry
3Italiancavaliererider or horseman; cavalryman or trooper; an...
4Old Occitancavalier—
5Late Latincaballariushorseman
6Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
7Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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